FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 1999 - Page 6

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ESTIMATED 1998/99 OR 1999 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/(thousand tons)

COUNTRY Marketing year 1997/98 or 1998 1998/99 or 1999
Actual imports Total import requirements (excluding re-exports) Import position
Commercial Purchases Food aid Total commercial and aid Total commercial and aid Food aid
allocated
committed
or shipped
Commercial purchases
AFRICA   24 877.2 1 885.5 26 762.7 25 118.0 16 208.2 1 695.1 14 513.1
Northern Africa   13 009.7 64.9 13 074.6 13 735.0 12 018.1 16.5 12 001.6
Egypt July/June 9 933.7 52.4 9 986.1 10 220.0 8 681.6 13.0 8 668.6
Morocco July/June 3 076.0 12.5 3 088.5 3 515.0 3 336.5 3.5 3 333.0
Eastern Africa   3 762.9 998.6 4 761.5 3 296.0 1 371.0 793.2 577.8
Burundi Jan./Dec. 41.5 0.5 42.0 65.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 41.8 4.2 46.0 46.0 5.6 1.0 4.6
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 61.7 10.8 72.5 66.0 5.2 2.0 3.2
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 223.7 103.3 327.0 109.0 15.6 15.6 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 61.8 546.1 607.9 185.0 374.5 359.0 15.5
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 874.7 76.0 1 950.7 1 129.0 319.0 79.2 239.8
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 58.1 141.8 199.9 215.0 96.8 96.8 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 265.1 16.6 281.7 385.0 149.9 47.8 102.1
Sudan Nov./Oct. 509.0 63.3 572.3 500.0 176.1 119.6 56.5
Tanzania June/May 625.5 36.0 661.5 596.0 228.3 72.2 156.1
Southern Africa   1 349.4 373.3 1 722.7 2 055.0 1 238.2 466.4 771.8
Angola April/March 350.8 157.3 508.1 495.0 419.0 142.5 276.5
Lesotho April/March 127.0 7.8 134.8 188.0 162.4 6.0 156.4
Madagascar April/March 176.2 38.0 214.2 205.0 85.0 24.8 60.2
Malawi April/March 113.0 3.6 116.6 232.0 74.1 37.1 37.0
Mozambique April/March 151.9 164.8 316.7 212.0 301.7 222.7 79.0
Swaziland May/April 61.5 0.0 61.5 63.0 60.1 0.0 60.1
Zambia May/April 369.0 1.8 370.8 660.0 135.9 33.3 102.6
Western africa   6 077.7 436.3 6 514.0 5 318.0 1 530.6 409.3 1 121.3
Coastal countries   3 801.3 287.8 4 089.1 3 395.0 1 164.7 182.4 982.3
Benin Jan./Dec. 110.8 10.2 121.0 125.0 29.1 8.0 21.1
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 603.3 22.6 625.9 640.0 53.0 1.4 51.6
Ghana Jan./Dec. 419.4 51.8 471.2 475.0 139.4 61.4 78.0
Guinea Jan./Dec. 403.1 6.9 410.0 385.0 21.1 18.1 3.0
Liberia Jan./Dec. 94.6 105.3 199.9 155.0 72.2 68.8 3.4
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 1 844.7 0.0 1 844.7 1 250.0 780.7 0.3 780.4
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 206.2 87.6 293.8 290.0 24.4 24.4 0.0
Togo Jan./Dec. 119.2 3.4 122.6 75.0 44.8 0.0 44.8
Sahelian countries   2 276.4 148.5 2 424.9 1 923.0 365.9 226.9 139.0
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 195.2 20.5 215.7 150.0 50.9 50.8 0.1
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 35.5 45.5 81.0 95.0 91.1 91.1 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 64.0 21.5 85.5 72.0 4.1 4.1 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 116.1 5.5 121.6 124.0 14.8 3.0 11.8
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 103.4 0.9 104.3 92.0 33.3 19.7 13.6
Mali Nov./Oct. 84.3 9.9 94.2 80.0 14.7 5.7 9.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 303.1 17.3 320.4 305.0 15.8 15.5 0.3
Niger Nov./Oct. 478.6 25.5 504.1 200.0 30.4 30.4 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 896.2 1.9 898.1 805.0 110.8 6.6 104.2
Central Africa   677.5 12.4 689.9 714.0 50.3 9.7 40.6
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 257.5 2.5 260.0 280.0 18.7 2.6 16.1
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 37.1 1.9 39.0 34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 247.8 2.2 250.0 250.0 21.1 4.7 16.4
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 119.2 1.7 120.9 130.0 10.1 2.0 8.1
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 8.3 0.7 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 7.6 3.4 11.0 11.0 0.4 0.4 0.0

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