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ESTIMATED 1996/97 OR 1997 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/(thousand tons)

1995/96 or 1996
1996/97 or 1997
Actual imports
Import position
COUNTRY
Marketing year
Commercial purchases
Food aid
Total commercial and aid
Total import requirements (excluding re-exports)
Total commercial and aid
Food aid allocated committed or shipped
Commercial purchases

AFRICA


21 376.3

2 381.4

23 757.7

18 992.0

13 073.2

1 595.1

11 478.1

Northern Africa


12 946.2

203.5

13 149.7

9 760.0

9 484.3

155.5

9 328.8

Egypt

July/June

8 981.3

202.0

9 183.3

8 410.0

7 837.8

153.7

7 684.1

Morocco

July/June

3 964.9

1.5

3 966.4

1 350.0

1 646.5

1.8

1 644.7

Eastern Africa


1 549.8

873.0

2 422.8

2 496.0

856.4

306.7

549.7

Burundi

Jan./Dec.

52.2

3.4

55.6

46.0

9.4

9.4

0.0

Comoros

Jan./Dec.

43.5

0.5

44.0

44.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Djibouti

Jan./Dec.

45.1

8.0

53.1

69.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

Eritrea

Jan./Dec.

110.0

72.6

182.6

289.0

17.0

17.0

0.0

Ethiopia 2/

Jan./Dec.

14.1

353.8

367.9

-

117.0

117.0

0.0

Kenya

Oct./Sept.

667.9

31.8

699.7

1 219.0

326.7

52.6

274.1

Rwanda

Jan./Dec.

8.4

325.9

334.3

43.0

25.9

25.9

0.0

Somalia

Sept./Aug.

153.0

12.2

165.2

256.0

35.0

16.6

18.4

Sudan

Nov./Oct.

399.2

51.7

450.9

395.0

272.5

52.5

220.0

Tanzania

June/May

56.4

13.1

69.5

135.0

51.4

14.7

36.7

Southern Africa


1 377.7

874.4

2 252.1

1 275.0

1 203.1

631.7

571.4

Angola

April/March

255.0

225.2

480.2

442.0

265.3

219.0

46.3

Lesotho

April/March

220.4

28.3

248.7

144.0

96.1

33.1

63.0

Madagascar

April/March

123.5

27.4

150.9

141.0

47.5

38.5

9.0

Malawi

April/March

7.9

214.3

222.2

95.0

162.0

102.0

60.0

Mozambique

April/March

135.2

315.5

450.7

300.0

269.5

216.0

53.5

Swaziland

May/April

71.3

6.0

77.3

38.0

46.2

6.0

40.2

Zambia

May/April

254.1

57.7

311.8

50.0

83.6

8.7

74.9

Zimbabwe

April/March

310.3

0.0

310.3

65.0

232.9

8.4

224.5

Western africa


4 763.1

407.0

5 170.1

4 787.0

1 345.7

451.7

894.0

Coastal countries


2 959.6

289.1

3 248.7

2 978.0

1 029.0

295.6

733.4

Benin

Jan./Dec.

245.7

8.6

254.3

120.0

8.4

8.4

0.0

Cote d'Ivoire

Jan./Dec.

547.4

39.6

587.0

500.0

42.8

42.8

0.0

Ghana

Jan./Dec.

252.0

34.3

286.3

335.0

57.5

35.6

21.9

Guinea

Jan./Dec.

355.5

3.5

359.0

360.0

2.5

2.5

0.0

Liberia

Jan./Dec.

35.4

99.7

135.1

166.0

144.0

144.0

0.0

Nigeria

Jan./Dec.

1 235.6

0.0

1 235.6

1 150.0

680.5

0.3

680.2

Sierra Leone

Jan./Dec.

150.0

100.4

250.4

259.0

82.6

62.0

20.6

Togo

Jan./Dec.

138.0

3.0

141.0

88.0

10.7

0.0

10.7

Sahelian countries

1 803.5

117.9

1 921.4

1 809.0

316.7

156.1

160.6

Burkina Faso

Nov./Oct.

125.7

24.5

150.2

138.0

23.0

23.0

0.0

Cape Verde

Nov./Oct.

19.6

31.5

51.1

90.0

43.6

43.6

0.0

Chad

Nov./Oct.

64.6

11.9

76.5

116.0

22.0

22.0

0.0

Gambia

Nov./Oct.

94.4

5.1

99.5

110.0

5.8

5.8

0.0

Guinea Bissau

Nov./Oct.

53.7

6.1

59.8

60.0

17.5

0.6

16.9

Mali

Nov./Oct.

109.7

5.4

115.1

110.0

7.2

7.2

0.0

Mauritania

Nov./Oct.

214.2

17.4

231.6

300.0

115.5

15.0

100.5

Niger

Nov./Oct.

310.0

4.5

314.5

250.0

35.5

35.5

0.0

Senegal

Nov./Oct.

811.6

11.5

823.1

635.0

46.6

3.4

43.2

Central Africa


739.5

23.5

763.0

674.0

183.7

49.5

134.2

Cameroon

July/June

320.9

4.1

325.0

250.0

85.9

0.0

85.9

Cent.Afr.Rep.

Jan./Dec.

34.0

0.0

34.0

39.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

Congo

July/June

113.7

9.3

123.0

123.0

32.5

32.5

0.0

Eq. Guinea

Jan./Dec.

10.5

0.5

11.0

10.0

0.6

0.6

0.0

Sao Tome

Jan./Dec.

9.7

0.3

10.0

12.0

6.8

6.8

0.0

Zaire

Jan./Dec.

250.7

9.3

260.0

240.0

57.8

9.5

48.3


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