FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 2002

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - August 2002 p.6

Table 1: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in 2002/03 for sub-Saharan Africa Countries which have entered their 2002/03 marketing year ( in thousand tonnes )

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	2002 Cereal production 1/		Position for 2002/03
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import require- ments 2/	Antici- pated com- mer- cial imports	Food aid require- ments	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import require- ments 2/	Antici- pated com- mer- cial imports	Food aid require- ments	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Pledges	of which received so far	Uncov. food aid require- ments
Eastern Africa	�	4 549	114	570	450	120	-	9	2	111
Somalia	Aug./July	259	99	300	230	70	-	-	-	70
Tanzania	June/May	4 290	115	270	220	50	-	9	2	41
Southern Africa	�	19 030	90	6 584	4 304	2 280	1 125	292	162	1 996
Angola	April/March	549	104	725	504	221	-	88	62	133
Botswana	April/March	25	132	266	266	-	-	-	-	�
Lesotho	April/March	54	34	338	191	147	-	7	7	140
Madagascar	April/March	1 812	97	315	308	7	5	15	2	�
Malawi	April/March	1 661	78	510	302	208	250	14	14	194
Mozambique	April/March	1 715	108	642	592	50	43	41	41	9
Namibia	May/April	69	63	156	156	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	May/April	11 646	102	1 026	1 026	-	177	-	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	68	62	111	96	15	-	-	-	15
Zambia	May/April	744	72	626	401	225	350	17	17	208
Zimbabwe	April/March	687	31	1 869	462	1 407	300	110	20	1 297
TOTAL	�	23 579	94	7 154	4 754	2 400	1 125	301	164	2 107

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excluding re-exports.