FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 1999 Page 5

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 1999

TABLE 1: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1998/99 OR 1999 (IN THOUSAND TONNES)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	1998 Cereal production 1/		1997/98 or 1998 imports			Position for 1998/99 or 1999
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid requirements		Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Total	of which: excep- tional	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Pledges 3/	of which received so far	Uncov. food aid require- ments
Eastern Africa		27 043	122	4 835	153	1 077	3 151	2 494	657	-	250	648	393	436
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	283	107	42	70	1	65	15	50	-	-	-	-	50
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	46	108	4	46	36	10	-	-	1	-	9
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	73	76	11	66	56	10	-	-	-	-	10
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	459	306	327	161	103	109	65	44	-	-	16	-	28
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	11 247	132	593	104	546	20	20	-	-	-	331	232
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	3 052	100	1 875	185	76	790	721	69	-	7	60	32	9
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	179	102	180	71	142	235	-	235	-	-	62	13	173
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	33	252	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	Aug./July	177	62	280	140	15	385	250	135	-	86	18	13	117
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	5 824	138	577	107	68	700	675	25	-	32	91	74
Tanzania	June/May	4 126	111	662	562	37	596	569	27	-	126	56	30
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 690	90	149	293	75	126	74	52	-	-	13	-	39
Southern Africa		18 259	85	4 478	1 302	379	5 554	5 107	447	-	1 957	548	449	275
Angola	April/March	633	177	508	351	157	471	350	121	-	81	126	117
Botswana	April/March	9	21	233	114	-	256	256	-	-	22	-	-
Lesotho	April/March	152	82	135	63	8	188	188	-	-	12	6	6
Madagascar	April/March	1 669	90	213	167	38	205	175	30	-	31	26	19	4
Malawi	April/March	1 861	109	117	35	4	102	102	-	-	30	25	22
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	265	125	-	248	248	-	-	-	-	-
Mozambique	April/March	1 622	150	317	61	165	212	212	-	-	88	252	178
Namibia	May/April	59	58	93	80	-	155	155	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	May/April	9 595	78	1 882	81	-	2 169	2 169	-	-	1 038	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	111	116	62	75	6	63	63	-	-	60	-	-
Zambia	May/April	707	55	371	111	2	660	364	296	-	102	26	26	270
Zimbabwe	April/March	1 839	73	283	40	-	825	825	-	-	493	88	81
Western Africa		37 234	112	6 495	131	431	5 355	4 920	435	-	274	249	106	245
*Coastal* *countries*		26 *881*	109	4 *095*	*128*	*285*	3 *395*	3 *175*	*220*	-	*253*	*108*	37	*157*
Benin	Jan./Dec.	790	113	122	106	12	125	120	5	-	-	2	2	3
Côte d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 249	114	623	128	23	640	640	-	-	-	1	-
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 722	105	469	134	52	475	450	25	-	17	64	12
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	687	110	410	124	4	385	385	-	-	-	5	2
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	141	271	190	88	105	155	105	50	-	-	7	7	43
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	21 458	109	1 780	128	-	1 250	1 250	-	-	236	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	263	87	294	145	88	290	150	140	-	-	28	13	112
Togo	Jan./Dec.	571	101	206	167	3	75	75	-	-	-	-	-	-
*Sahelian* *countries*		10 *353*	119	2 *400*	138	*146*	1 *960*	1 *745*	*215*	-	21	*141*	69	88
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 626	113	216	153	20	160	130	30	-	-	29	15	1
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	3	50	81	97	46	95	40	55	-	-	48	18	7
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 269	144	86	128	22	72	60	12	-	-	3	3	9
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	105	109	122	136	6	131	120	11	-	-	1	1	10
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	93	63	104	172	1	92	55	37	-	-	3	3	34
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 304	111	94	93	10	80	70	10	-	-	5	5	5
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	153	103	318	118	15	305	270	35	-	-	23	4	12
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 847	135	505	230	26	220	210	10	-	-	24	16
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	953	103	875	124	2	805	790	15	-	21	7	7	8
Central Africa		3 127	116	772	106	12	796	765	31	-	23	10	5	22
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 232	113	260	93	3	280	278	2	-	10	3	-
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	140	127	39	105	2	34	33	1	-	-	-	-	1
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 726	117	250	111	2	250	240	10	-	-	5	5	5
Congo, Rep.of	Jan./Dec.	4	80	121	117	2	130	115	15	-	12	2	-	13
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	9	78	1	9	8	1	-	-	-	-	1
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	25	100	82	129	-	82	82	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	-	-	11	103	3	11	9	2	-	2	-	-	2
TOTAL		85 663	107	16 579	115	1 900	14 856	13 286	1 570	-	2 504	1 456	954	977

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.