FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 2002

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 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		11 355	105	3 520	2 932	588	77	115	27	473
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 970	113	1 540	1 240	300	-	46	-	255
Somalia	Aug./July	280	107	320	275	45	-	15	-	30
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 815	90	1 390	1 200	190	-	38	10	152
Tanzania	June/May	4 290	115	270	217	53	77	17	17	36
Southern Africa		19 439	92	7 222	5 617	1 605	2 456	845	555	835
Angola	April/March	549	102	725	504	221	221	149	123	72
Botswana	April/March	25	132	266	266	-	148	-	-	-
Lesotho	April/March	54	34	338	191	147	131	38	38	109
Madagascar	April/March	2 007	107	255	205	50	17	49	25	1
Malawi	April/March	1 661	78	510	302	208	250	150	83	58
Mozambique	April/March	1 715	108	642	592	50	233	105	63
Namibia	May/April	69	63	156	156	-	71	20	-	-
South Africa	May/April	11 797	103	1 806	1 806	-	578	-	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	68	62	111	96	15	27	10	10	5
Zambia	May/April	744	72	626	401	225	300	106	46	119
Zimbabwe	April/March	750	34	1 787	1 098	689	480	218	167	471
Western Africa		10 841	112	2 658	2 429	229	-	69	15	161
Sahelian countries		10 841	112	2 658	2 429	229	-	69	15	161
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	3 237	129	242	224	18	-	13	-	6
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	5	28	108	33	75	-	31	11	44
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 095	98	98	91	7	-	7	2
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	142	101	143	138	5	-	-	-	5
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	121	98	69	65	4	-	5	-
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 266	100	258	251	7	-	3	-	4
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	77	55	308	202	106	-	11	3	95
Niger	Nov./Oct.	3 062	121	375	375	-	-	-	-
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	836	100	1 057	1 050	7	-	-	-	7
TOTAL		41 635	100	13 400	10 978	2 422	2 533	1 029	598	1 469

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excluding re-exports.

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 )

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 )