FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, July 2003

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Table 2. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements in 2003/04 for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries which have entered the 2003/04 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

�Sub-Region/ Country �		Marketing year	2003 Cereal Production 1/		2003/04
�Sub-Region/ Country �		Marketing year	Total	As % of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements
�Eastern Africa		�	3 860	98	430	360	70
�Tanzania		June/may	3 860	98	430	360	70
�Southern Africa		�	20 768	100	5 903	4 755	1 148
� Angola		April/March	661	118	709	490	219
� Botswana		April/March	13	68	281	281	-
� Lesotho		April/March	89	70	321	289	32
� Madagascar		April/March	1 899	98	383	330	53
� Malawi		April/March	2 110	100	64	59	5
� Mozambique		April/March	1 744	107	744	539	205
� Namibia		May/April	101	112	135	135	-
� South Africa		May/April	11 742	103	1 786	1 786	-
� Swaziland		May/April	73	72	128	103	24
� Zambia		May/April	1 326	138	66	66	-
� Zimbabwe		April/March	1 010	56	1 287	677	610
�	TOTAL	�	24 628	100	6 333	5 115	1 218

�1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

�2/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS�-�July 2003