FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report 05/97 af9705.htm Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996/97 or 1997 (in thousand tons)

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report 05/97 af9705.htm

Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996/97 or 1997 (in thousand tons)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	1996 Cereal production		1995/96 or 1996 imports			Position for 1996/97 or 1997
				Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require ments 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements		Cereal import position
									Food aid requirements		Commercial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
		Total	As % of average of previous 5 years						Total	of which exceptional	Commercial imports already made or contracted	Pledges 3/	of which received so far	Uncov. Food aid require ments
Eastern Africa		25 450	118	2 530	77	957	2 580	1 950	630	24	553	404	191	433
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	256	94	56	119	2	54	31	23	-	-	9	-	14
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	14	100	44	109	1	44	34	10	-	-	1	-	9
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	57	57	12	80	59	21	5	1	4	-	17
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	132	80	172	85	62	289	120	169	-	-	17	-	152
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	11 128	143	403	49	403	-	-	-	-	-	152	52
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 782	93	710	83	36	1 219	1 019	200	-	424	61	29	139
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	182	83	355	247	347	43	26	17	-	-	57	31
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	110	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	Sept./Aug.	288	110	165	84	12	256	170	86	19	18	29	21	57
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	5 320	125	439	63	40	405	331	74	-	60	38	34	36
Tanzania	June/May	3 731	102	70	51	22	135	135	-	-	37	16	5
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 617	88	47	128	20	42	12	30	-	14	21	20	9

Southern Africa		24 470	137	4 989	93	891	2 662	2 130	532	154	1 900	664	370	22
Angola	April/March	508	149	483	164	228	442	202	240	129	128	235	188	5
Botswana	April/March	82	234	238	123	7	234	234	-	-	152	1	1
Lesotho	April/March	250	191	250	109	30	144	94	50	-	106	33	33	17
Madagascar	April/March	1 970	108	151	129	28	141	115	26	-	9	43	20
Malawi	April/March	1 902	131	230	69	222	95	45	50	-	60	107	20
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	240	141	1	172	172	-	-	36	-	-	-
Mozambique	April/March	1 331	197	435	72	302	300	140	160	25	54	220	97
Namibia	May/April	87	109	148	150	11	109	109	-	-	60	-	-
South Africa	May/April	13 513	132	2 116	92	-	872	872	-	-	1 024	-	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	139	154	77	118	6	38	32	6	-	40	6	6
Zambia	May/April	1 559	139	312	105	58	50	50	-	-	75	10	5
Zimbabwe	April/March	3 127	167	310	49	-	65	65	-	-	158	8	-

Western Africa		34 462	107	5 446	128	513	4 954	4 296	658	-	626	445	201	248
**Coastal countries**		25 590	110	3 485	*134*	*367*	3 145	2 791	*354*	-	*453*	*296*	*143*	85
Benin	Jan./Dec.	661	104	126	106	9	115	99	16		-	11	2	5
Côte d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 337	129	587	115	47	505	465	40	-	-	22	9	18
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 698	114	365	117	40	387	310	77	-	22	51	13	26
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	668	100	355	134	7	375	355	20		-	5	-	15
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	64	142	177	90	143	165	50	115	-	-	141	101
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	20 387	110	1 475	153	-	1 250	1 250	-	-	400	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	288	93	260	163	117	260	179	81	-	21	62	19	19
Togo	Jan./Dec.	487	100	141	155	4	88	83	5	-	11	3	-	2

**Sahelian countries**		8 872	99	1 962	120	*146*	1 809	1 505	*304*	-	*173*	*149*	57	*163*
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 444	101	153	88	26	123	105	18	-	12	26	10
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	1	13	73	93	46	90	25	65	-	-	55	21	10
Chad	Nov./Oct.	813	91	80	125	15	116	66	50	-	-	22	3	28
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	96	102	98	124	4	110	97	13	-	-	6	2	7
Guinea Bissau	Nov./Oct.	134	95	60	98	6	60	54	6	-	17	1	1	5
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 005	98	115	104	5	110	75	35	-	-	7	7	28
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	106	75	241	100	27	300	225	75	-	101	19	10	56
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 307	103	316	196	6	250	230	20	-	-	10	1	10
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	966	105	827	123	11	650	628	22	-	43	3	2	19

Central Africa		2 953	114	767	105	26	759	684	75	-	134	36	19	63
Cameroon	July/June	1 278	130	255	87	4	260	260	-	-	86	-	-	-
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	105	109	34	105	-	39	38	1	-	-	-	-	1
Congo	July/June	27	100	123	130	9	123	121	2	-	-	26	13
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	11	106	1	10	8	2	-	-	1	-	1
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	25	100	74	122	-	76	76	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	-	-	10	83	4	11	6	5	-	-	4	3	1
Zaire	Jan./Dec.	1 518	104	260	118	8	240	175	65	-	48	6	3	59

TOTAL		87 335	118	13 732	101	2 386	10 955	9 060	1 895	178	3 213	1 549	781	765

Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excludes re-exports.
3/ Includes all pledges reported to the GIEWS , whether for free distribution or market sale. However, there may be some cases where governments count some food aid received for market sale against commercial import requirements.
4/ Includes refugee needs.