Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.5

Table 1. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements by sub-Region: 2003/04 or 2004 (in '000 tonnes)

Sub-Region	2003 Cereal Production 1/		2003/04 or 2004
Sub-Region	Total	As % of average of previous	Cereal import requirements	Anticipated commercial	Food aid requirements
Eastern Africa	25 350	112	4 581	3 213	1 368
Southern Africa	20 978	101	6 884	5 847	1 037
Western Africa	42 004	112	9 362	8 757	605
Central Africa	2 963	101	1 034	966	68
TOTAL	91 295	109	21 861	18 783	3 078

��1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

��2/ Excluding re-exports.

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