Africa Report - No. 2 September 2005

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Table 3. Cereal import and food aid requirements for sub-Saharan Africa: countries still in 2004/05 or 2005 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Subregion/ Country		2004 Cereal production 1/		2003/04 or 2004 imports			Position for 2004/05 or 2005
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports 2/	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment





Eastern Africa		19 543	102	4 354	99	1 327	5 326	3 377	1 949
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	259	105	96	125	49	85	43	42
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	15	250	34	97	-	38	38	-
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	82	122	5	71	60	11
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	85	52	405	123	270	423	81	342
Ethiopia	Jan./Dec.	10 191	114	715	65	549	650	215	435
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 440	83	1 271	100	66	1 950	1 500	450
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	292	114	224	102	21	219	187	32
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	100	-	13	13	-
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 856	88	1 295	117	226	1 596	1 110	486
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	2 405	107	219	136	140	281	130	151
Southern Africa		1	100	291	105	-	290	290	-
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	1	100	291	105	-	290	290	-
Western Africa		39 004	104	9 412	206	421	10 017	9 359	659
Coastal countries		28 191	107	7 186	115	227	7 625	7 340	286
Benin	Jan./Dec.	1 084	113	168	136	13	152	133	19
Côte d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 214	92	1 135	90	24	1 155	1 108	47
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 858	106	774	145	61	755	680	75
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	812	105	361	92	17	375	335	40
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	104	93	226	123	69	225	160	65
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	21 887	107	4 134	122	11	4 570	4 570	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	377	203	277	115	32	288	249	40
Togo	Jan./Dec.	855	118	111	105	-	105	105	-
Sahelian countries		10 813	98	2 226	91	195	2 392	2 019	373
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 877	99	171	66	24	230	198	32
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	4	20	74	89	36	100	42	58
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 184	97	111	128	31	136	75	61
Gambia, Rep. of	Nov./Oct.	212	128	159	111	11	143	140	3
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	142	117	56	86	7	75	65	10
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 717	109	224	129	1	211	203	8
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	85	64	279	88	53	359	260	99
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 599	87	220	53	20	167	92	75
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	993	101	932	104	13	971	944	27
Central Africa		3 212	105	1 539	160	111	1 520	1 435	85
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 509	111	553	161	30	510	498	12
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	193	112	59	146	4	46	44	2
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 469	98	431	153	69	480	420	60
Congo, Rep. of	Jan./Dec.	8	111	292	158	5	288	285	3
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	20	124	-	16	16	-
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	31	97	170	197	-	167	167	-
Sao Tome and Principe	Jan./Dec.	2	100	14	129	3	14	6	8
TOTAL		61 760	104	15 596	109	1 859	17 153	14 461	2 692

Note: totals computed from unrounded data.

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excludes re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS - September 2005