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Table 3: Utilization of 1996/97 or 1997 Cereal Surpluses in Sub-Saharan Africa (in thousand tons)

Sub Region/
Country

Cereal imports requirement

Total
availabilities
for export
and/or
local
purchases

of which local purchase requirement

Surpluses utilized or comitted so far

Remain-
ing surpluses

Wheat
and rice

Coarse
grains

Donor financed local purchases

Exports

Commer-
cial

Triangular transactions
1/

Eastern Africa 1 500 1 080 1 371 206 105 307 12 947
Burundi 22 32 - - - - - -
Comoros 44 - - - - - - -
Djibouti 80 - 1 1 1 - - -
Eritrea 146 143 - - - - - -
Ethiopia 2/ - - 586 186 85 157 - 344
Kenya 479 740 3 3 3 - - -
Rwanda 30 13 9 9 9 - - -
Seychelles 7 6 - - - - - -
Somalia 180 76 - - - - - -
Sudan 405 - 595 2 2 100 - 493
Tanzania 75 60 10 4 4 - 6 -
Uganda 32 10 167 1 1 50 6 110









Southern Africa 1 684 978 3 320 39 39 2 978 78 225
Angola 230 212 - - - - - -
Botswana 93 141 1 - - - 1 -
Lesotho 51 93 5 5 5 - - -
Madagascar 136 5 22 2 2 - - 20
Malawi 45 50 15 15 15 - - -
Mauritius 152 20 - - - - - -
Mozambique 223 77 43 13 13 30 - -
Namibia 29 80 - - - - - -
South Africa 582 290 2 850 - - 2 636 59 155
Swaziland 28 10 - - - - - -
Zambia 50 - 54 4 4 - - 50
Zimbabwe 65 - 330 - - 312 18 -









Western Africa 4 237 717 181 106 52 - 7 122
Coastal countries 2 928 217 30 - - - - 30
Benin 110 5 - - - - - -
Côte d'ivoire 500 5 - - - - - -
Ghana 380 7 30 - - - - 30
Guinea 370 5 - - - - - -
Liberia 120 45 - - - - - -
Nigeria 1 150 100 - - - - - -
Sierra Leone 230 30 - - - - - -
Togo 68 20 - - - - - -









Sahelian countries 1 309 500 151 106 52 - 7 92
Burkina Faso 103 20 50 25 9 - - 41
Cape Verde 40 50 - - - - - -
Chad 66 50 20 20 7 - - 13
Gambia 100 10 - - - - - -
Guinea Bissau 60 - - - - - - -
Mali 80 30 40 20 6 - 7 27
Mauritania 230 70 1 1 1 - - -
Niger 80 170 30 30 28 - - 2
Senegal 550 100 10 10 - - - 10









Central Africa 678 81 12 12 12 - - -
Cameroon 250 10 - - - - - -
Cent.Afr.Rep. 35 4 1 1 1 - - -
Congo 120 3 - - - - - -
Equat.Guinea 10 - - - - - - -
Gabon 74 2 - - - - - -
Sao Tome 9 2 - - - - - -
Zaire 180 60 11 11 11 - - -









TOTAL 8 099 2 856 4 884 363 208 3 285 97 1 295

Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Referring to supplying countries
2/ Includes refugee needs.

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