Sub-Region/
Country |
Marketing
year |
1997
Cereal production 1/ |
1996/97
or 1997 imports |
Position
for 1997/98 or 1998 |
||||||||||
Total
imports |
As % of
average of previous 5 years |
Total
imports |
As % of
average of previous 5 years |
Food Aid | Cereal
Import require ments 2/ |
Anticipated
commercial imports |
Food aid
requirements |
Commercial
imports already made or contracted |
Food aid | |||||
Total | of which
exceptional |
Pledges | of which
received so far |
Uncov.
Food aid require- ments |
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Countries still in 1996/97 or 1997 marketing year | ||||||||||||||
Eastern Africa | 21 613 | 104 | 3 204 | 102 | 789 | 3 967 | 2 954 | 1 013 | - | 347 | 621 | 177 | 447 | |
Burundi | Jan./Dec. | 279 | 104 | 37 | 67 | - | 60 | 20 | 40 | - | - | 7 | - | 33 |
Comoros | Jan./Dec. | 15 | 100 | 44 | 105 | 3 | 46 | 36 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 |
Djibouti | Jan./Dec. | - | - | 80 | 83 | 13 | 66 | 56 | 10 | - | - | 6 | - | 4 |
Eritrea | Jan./Dec. | 130 | 84 | 84 | 43 | 49 | 280 | 200 | 80 | - | - | 48 | - | 32 |
Ethiopia 4/ | Jan./Dec. | 8 384 | 122 | 368 | 51 | 330 | 530 | 110 | 420 | - | - | 287 | 41 | 133 |
Kenya | Oct./Sept. | 3 033 | 101 | 1 509 | 165 | 88 | 1 129 | 1 029 | 100 | - | 178 | 53 | 34 | 47 |
Rwanda | Jan./Dec. | 220 | 116 | 195 | 93 | 193 | 170 | 40 | 130 | - | - | 57 | 1 | 73 |
Seychelles | Jan./Dec. | - | - | 12 | 92 | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Somalia | Aug./July | 270 | 100 | 190 | 99 | 10 | 330 | 220 | 110 | - | - | 14 | 7 | 96 |
Sudan | Nov./Oct. | 4 639 | 105 | 544 | 103 | 50 | 452 | 429 | 23 | - | 71 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
Tanzania | June/May | 3 103 | 81 | 68 | 50 | 6 | 825 | 755 | 70 | - | 52 | 125 | 77 | |
Uganda | Jan./Dec. | 1 540 | 85 | 73 | 178 | 50 | 66 | 46 | 20 | - | 46 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
Southern Africa | 21 501 | 113 | 3 910 | 69 | 416 | 3 643 | 3 019 | 624 | 9 | 1 803 | 540 | 304 | 247 | |
Angola | April/March | 431 | 120 | 464 | 137 | 198 | 531 | 329 | 202 | - | 161 | 277 | 167 | |
Botswana | April/March | 28 | 68 | 153 | 74 | 1 | 257 | 257 | - | - | 152 | - | - | - |
Lesotho | April/March | 109 | 64 | 127 | 54 | 34 | 263 | 168 | 95 | - | 95 | 13 | 13 | 82 |
Madagascar | April/March | 1 865 | 101 | 86 | 68 | 17 | 168 | 125 | 43 | - | 34 | 30 | 17 | 13 |
Malawi | April/March | 1 650 | 110 | 113 | 33 | 38 | 347 | 197 | 150 | - | 20 | 9 | 5 | 141 |
Mauritius | Jan./Dec. | 3 | 150 | 246 | 130 | - | 248 | 248 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - |
Mozambique | April/March | 1 469 | 176 | 273 | 46 | 118 | 214 | 102 | 112 | 9 | 119 | 192 | 95 | |
Namibia | May/April | 171 | 231 | 60 | 51 | - | 83 | 83 | - | - | 83 | 1 | - | |
South Africa | May/April | 11 836 | 109 | 1 886 | 77 | - | 1 072 | 1 072 | - | - | 907 | - | - | - |
Swaziland | May/April | 87 | 97 | 77 | 104 | 6 | 47 | 47 | - | - | 43 | - | - | - |
Zambia | May/April | 1 124 | 94 | 137 | 39 | 4 | 388 | 366 | 22 | - | 57 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
Zimbabwe | April/March | 2 728 | 131 | 288 | 42 | - | 25 | 25 | - | - | 122 | 8 | - | - |
Western Africa | 34 959 | 107 | 5 437 | 120 | 591 | 5 449 | 4 821 | 628 | - | 126 | 299 | 101 | 389 | |
Coastal countries | 26 521 | 111 | 3 404 | 118 | 392 | 3 398 | 3 119 | 279 | - | 101 | 164 | 55 | 139 | |
Benin | Jan./Dec. | 904 | 142 | 137 | 106 | 25 | 120 | 111 | 9 | - | 3 | - | 6 | |
Côte d'Ivoire | Jan./Dec. | 1 244 | 116 | 516 | 100 | 54 | 610 | 570 | 40 | - | - | 19 | 18 | 21 |
Ghana | Jan./Dec. | 1 648 | 106 | 467 | 147 | 89 | 410 | 380 | 30 | - | 21 | 55 | - | |
Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 676 | 114 | 375 | 127 | 3 | 400 | 390 | 10 | - | 3 | - | 7 | |
Liberia | Jan./Dec. | 112 | 260 | 201 | 103 | 115 | 210 | 100 | 110 | - | - | 70 | 37 | 40 |
Nigeria | Jan./Dec. | 20 886 | 109 | 1 373 | 119 | - | 1 300 | 1 300 | - | - | 80 | - | - | - |
Sierra Leone | Jan./Dec. | 309 | 101 | 249 | 135 | 100 | 260 | 180 | 80 | - | - | 15 | - | 65 |
Togo | Jan./Dec. | 742 | 142 | 86 | 83 | 7 | 88 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sahelian countries | 8 438 | 95 | 2 033 | 124 | 200 | 2 051 | 1 702 | 349 | - | 26 | 135 | 46 | 250 | |
Burkina Faso | Nov./Oct. | 1 983 | 82 | 141 | 81 | 23 | 242 | 162 | 80 | - | - | 15 | - | 65 |
Cape Verde | Nov./Oct. | 1 | 14 | 102 | 131 | 52 | 100 | 30 | 70 | - | - | 39 | 23 | 31 |
Chad | Nov./Oct. | 949 | 103 | 85 | 133 | 22 | 73 | 63 | 10 | - | - | 38 | 3 | |
Gambia | Nov./Oct. | 77 | 84 | 106 | 134 | 9 | 125 | 99 | 26 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 24 |
Guinea Bissau | Nov./Oct. | 147 | 104 | 87 | 143 | 6 | 66 | 63 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mali | Nov./Oct. | 2 172 | 109 | 121 | 110 | 25 | 70 | 65 | 5 | - | - | 13 | 5 | |
Mauritania | Nov./Oct. | 128 | 86 | 377 | 156 | 33 | 330 | 285 | 45 | - | - | 17 | 8 | 28 |
Niger | Nov./Oct. | 2 223 | 100 | 268 | 166 | 20 | 265 | 240 | 25 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 15 |
Senegal | Nov./Oct. | 758 | 82 | 746 | 111 | 11 | 780 | 695 | 85 | - | 18 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
Central Africa | 2 913 | 109 | 754 | 103 | 23 | 751 | 691 | 60 | - | 71 | 19 | 3 | 41 | |
Cameroon | Jan./Dec. | 1 135 | 109 | 250 | 85 | 1 | 260 | 253 | 7 | - | 47 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Cent.Afr.Rep. | Jan./Dec. | 132 | 129 | 39 | 105 | - | 39 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Congo | Jan./Dec. | 2 | 7 | 123 | 130 | 13 | 95 | 72 | 23 | - | - | 8 | - | 15 |
Congo, Dem. Rep of | Jan./Dec. | 1 619 | 109 | 250 | 113 | 6 | 255 | 230 | 25 | - | 25 | 6 | - | 19 |
Equat.Guinea | Jan./Dec. | - | - | 9 | 87 | - | 9 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Gabon | Jan./Dec. | 25 | 100 | 74 | 116 | - | 82 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sao Tome | Jan./Dec. | - | - | 9 | 75 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
TOTAL | 80 986 | 108 | 13 305 | 94 | 1 819 | 13 810 | 11 485 | 2 325 | 9 | 2 348 | 1 479 | 585 | 1 125 |
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.