Africa Report - No. 3 December 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.5

Table 1. Cereal import and food aid requirements by subregion:
2004/05 or 2005 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

	Total	As % of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements
Eastern Africa	24 713	105	6 369	4 126	2 243
Southern Africa	21 456	102	6 561	6 180	381
Western Africa	32 394	87	10 267	9 692	575
Central Africa	3 212	105	1 529	1 444	85
TOTAL	81 775	96	24 726	21 442	3 284

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS - December 2005