FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2002 p.7

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Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in sub-Saharan Africa, 2001/02 or 2002
(in thousand tonnes)

Sub-Region/
Country 		Marketing
year 		2001 Cereal
production 1/ 		2000/01 or 2001 imports Position for 2001/02 or 2002
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
require-
ment 		Commer-
cial
imports
already
made or
contracted
 		Food aid
Pledges
3/ 		of which
received
so
far 		Uncov.
food aid
require-
ments
    Countries still in 2001/02 or 2002 marketing year
Eastern Africa   11 360 103 1 819 130 1 267 1 118 539 579 135 461 352 126
  Burundi Jan./Dec. 280 107 110 222 44 65 30 35 - 7 7 28
  Comoros Jan./Dec. 6 100 46 103 - 46 46 - 22 - - -
  Djibouti Jan./Dec. - - 68 77 9 78 55 23 42 18 18 5
  Eritrea Jan./Dec. 230 107 377 161 285 170 75 95 55 103 43  
  Ethiopia 4/ Jan./Dec. 8 827 105 883 142 845 370 75 295 11 227 209 69
  Rwanda   Jan./Dec. 252 125 175 71 31 190 150 40 6 28 25 12
  Seychelles Jan./Dec. - - 13 102 - 13 13 - - - - -
  Uganda Jan./Dec. 1 765 94 147 151 53 186 95 91   79 50 12
Southern Africa   2 100 290 108 - 248 248 - 122 - - -
  Mauritius Jan./Dec. 2 100 290 108 - 248 248 - 122 - - -
Western Africa   27 310 104 6 818 159 176 5 242 4 999 243 3 568 234 182 44
Coastal countries   27 310 104 6 818 159 176 5 242 4 999 243 3 568 234 182 44
    Benin Jan./Dec. 884 101 122 94 14 114 100 14 42 17 12  
    Côte d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 363 111 1 435 190 6 1 025 1 010 15 816 15 5 -
    Ghana Jan./Dec. 1 525 92 505 112 54 461 372 89 276 53 53 36
    Guinea Jan./Dec. 763 106 427 114 33 337 296 41 13 41 41  
    Liberia Jan./Dec. 94 82 204 98 16 210 180 30 9 28 25 2
    Nigeria Jan./Dec. 21 764 104 3 757 189 - 2 770 2 770 - 2 355 13 - -
    Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 224 97 277 112 47 225 176 49 11 68 47  
    Togo Jan./Dec. 693 104 91 70 6 100 95 5 47 - - 5
Central Africa   2 849 99 1 062 51 78 826 737 89 302 88 74 6
  Cameroon Jan./Dec. 1 242 101 397 150 6 300 298 2 129 2 2  
  Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 141 103 51 147 1 36 31 5 6 5 3  
  Congo, Dem. Rep of Jan./Dec. 1 429 96 250 99 29 250 190 60 28 65 60 -
  Congo, Rep.of Jan./Dec. 4 100 199 150 36 125 110 15 89 11 5 4
  Equat.Guinea Jan./Dec. - - 18 154 2 15 14 1   - - 1
  Gabon Jan./Dec. 32 103 137 172 - 88 88 - 50 - - -
  Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 1 - 11 106 5 12 6 6 - 5 5 1
Sub-total   41 521 103 9 988 148 1 521 7 434 6 523 911 4 127 783 608 175
    Countries which have entered their 2002/03  marketing year
Eastern Africa   12 810 115 4 056 158 574 3 121 2 563 558 2 825 371 371 187
  Kenya Oct./Sept. 3 297 126 1 860 145 348 1 080 810 270 1 045 135 135 135
  Somalia Aug./July 267 100 241 93 34 320 250 70 252 18 18 52
  Sudan Nov./Oct. 5 339 122 1 446 224 158 1 262 1 160 102 1 160 102 102  
  Tanzania June/May 3 907 102 509 138 33 459 343 116 368 116 116 -
Southern Africa   19 783 89 4 127 97 424 4 703 4 336 367 4 336 367 367 -
  Angola April/March 586 112 548 111 203 572 402 170 402 170 170 -
  Botswana April/March 12 32 255 120 - 267 267 - 267 - - -
  Lesotho April/March 81 42 228 118 3 181 178 3 178 3 3 -
  Madagascar April/March 1 939 104 395 240 26 393 364 29 364 29 29 -
  Malawi April/March 1 834 86 39 23 27 151 144 7 144 7 7 -
  Mozambique April/March 1 632 107 482 149 156 684 550 134 550 134 134 -
  Namibia May/April 107 100 82 78 1 135 135 - 135 1 1  
  South Africa May/April 10 652 88 1 790 96 - 1 632 1 632 - 1 632 - -  
  Swaziland May/April 85 69 87 120 - 78 77 1 77 1 1 -
  Zambia May/April 983 85 76 23 3 270 252 18 252 18 18 -
  Zimbabwe April/March 1 872 77 144 46 4 340 335 5 335 5 5 -
Western Africa   10 953 118 2 705 130 191 2 132 1 943 189 2 432 174 160 26
Sahelian countries   10 953 118 2 705 130 191 2 132 1 943 189 2 432 174 160 26
    Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 3 064 128 236 139 19 171 148 23 227 24 22  
    Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 20 143 91 102 50 93 45 48 37 37 37 11
    Chad Nov./Oct. 1 273 123 103 135 34 71 57 14 84 4 3 11
    Gambia Nov./Oct. 186 151 164 144 1 124 119 5 143 7 5  
    Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 134 106 56 73 5 70 60 10 44 7 6 3
    Mali Nov./Oct. 2 214 100 114 102 6 90 85 5 237 7 7  
    Mauritania Nov./Oct. 102 72 328 109 33 318 281 37 259 40 34  
    Niger Nov./Oct. 3 084 131 644 179 22 345 313 32 357 31 28 1
    Senegal Nov./Oct. 876 103 969 123 22 850 835 15 1 043 17 17 -
Sub-total   43 546 102 10 889 123 1 189 9 956 8 842 1 114 9 592 912 899 212
TOTAL   85 067 103 20 877 134 2 709 17 390 15 365 2 025 13 720 1 696 1 507 387
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

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