Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.6

Table 2. Cereal import and food aid requirements for sub-Saharan Africa in 2004/05 or 2005 (in '000 tonnes)

Subregion/ country	Marketing year	2004 Cereal production 1/		2003/04 or 2004 imports			Position for 2004/05 or 2005
Subregion/ country	Marketing year	Total	As %of average of previous years	Total imports 2/	As % of average of previous years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment
Eastern Africa	ďż˝	24 994	109	5 070	98	1 452	5 594	4 136	1 458
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	280	113	96	125	56	82	50	32
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	33	94	-	33	33	-
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	82	122	5	63	55	8
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	85	37	384	117	248	422	80	342
Ethiopia	Jan./Dec.	11 700	135	582	53	544	230	45	185
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 490	85	1 259	99	66	2 000	1 550	450
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	266	105	224	102	27	229	199	30
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	100	-	13	13	-
Somalia	Aug./July	264	92	267	122	21	304	242	62
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 391	78	1 290	117	222	1 326	1 187	139
Tanzania, U.R.	June/May	4 569	119	618	112	134	632	552	80
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 943	94	222	138	129	260	130	130
Southern Africa	ďż˝	21 342	101	6 872	1 466	1 109	7 423	6 487	936
Angola	April/March	717	127	837	139	219	820	642	178
Botswana	April/March	19	100	312	114	-	315	315	-
Lesotho	April/March	49	32	241	104	19	352	303	49
Madagascar	April/March	2 240	114	368	122	39	375	290	85
Malawi	April/March	1 813	84	101	45	14	413	357	56
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	1	100	291	105	-	290	290	-
Mozambique	April/March	1 943	117	823	165	276	785	655	130
Namibia	May/April	131	133	192	123	12	150	135	15
South Africa	May/April	12 021	103	2 394	127	75	2 431	2 431	-
Swaziland	May/April	65	68	132	160	16	132	100	32
Zambia	May/April	1 368	123	297	96	65	70	55	15
Zimbabwe	April/March	975	60	884	167	374	1 290	914	376
Western Africa	ďż˝	39 454	106	9 336	209	402	9 415	8 890	526
Coastal countries	ďż˝	27 995	106	6 970	112	199	6 702	6 421	282
Benin	Jan./Dec.	1 579	160	168	136	13	143	135	8
Cďż˝te d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 214	91	1 135	90	24	1 155	1 108	47
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 858	106	763	143	54	751	680	71
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	812	105	361	92	9	370	335	35
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	104	93	226	123	70	210	135	75
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	21 366	104	3 930	116	-	3 680	3 670	11
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	207	118	277	115	29	288	253	35
Togo	Jan./Dec.	855	118	110	104	-	105	105	-
Sahelian countries	ďż˝	11 459	104	2 366	97	203	2 713	2 469	244
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	3 030	104	172	66	24	243	217	26
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	4	20	72	86	34	101	42	59
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 011	83	123	141	43	109	81	28
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	225	136	151	105	4	141	140	1
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	165	136	56	86	10	51	45	6
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 717	109	224	129	1	265	259	6
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	83	63	279	88	53	347	262	85
Niger	Nov./Oct.	3 112	104	357	86	21	504	478	26
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 113	114	932	104	13	952	945	7
Central Africa	ďż˝	3 197	104	1 493	155	94	1 500	1 442	58
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 509	111	542	158	30	510	510	-
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	193	112	44	109	3	47	45	2
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 454	98	429	152	55	480	430	50
Congo, Rep. of	Jan./Dec.	8	111	281	152	3	268	265	3
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	18	113	-	16	16	-
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	31	97	166	192	-	167	167	-
Sao Tome and Principe	Jan./Dec.	2	100	13	120	3	12	9	3
TOTAL	ďż˝	88 987	105	22 771	113	3 057	23 932	20 955	2 978

Note: totals computed from unrounded data.

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excludes re-exports.

FAO/GIEWSďż˝-ďż˝April 2005