Africa Report - No. 3 December 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.6

Table 2. Cereal import and food aid requirements in 2005/06 for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries which have entered the 2005/06 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Subregion/ Country	Marketing year	2005 Cereal production 1/		2005/06
Subregion/ Country	Marketing year	Total	As % of average o previous 5 years	Cereal import requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements
Eastern Africa		12 716	106	3 986	3 483	503
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 984	105	1 800	1 500	300
Somalia	Aug./July	223	72	476	411	65
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	4 522	100	1 200	1 100	100
Tanzania, U.R.	June/May	4 987	116	510	472	38
Southern Africa		23 618	111	6 927	5 775	1 152
Angola	April/March	915	151	739	659	80
Botswana	April/March	19	61	337	337	-
Lesotho	April/March	119	84	303	223	80
Madagascar	April/March	2 492	123	174	139	35
Malawi	April/March	1 336	67	852	380	472
Mozambique	April/March	1 863	110	869	824	45
Namibia	May/April	108	100	145	143	2
South Africa	May/April	14 862	123	2 056	2 056	-
Swaziland	May/April	83	95	111	70	41
Zambia	May/April	1 013	86	271	224	47
Zimbabwe	April/March	808	57	1 070	720	350
Western Africa		14 598	132	2 615	2 393	222
Sahelian countries		14 598	132	2 615	2 393	222
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	4 028	136	241	229	12
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	4	27	107	84	23
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 917	157	104	51	53
Gambia, Rep. of	Nov./Oct.	247	137	147	137	10
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	180	142	82	72	10
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 846	113	272	242	30
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	171	146	318	277	41
Niger	Nov./Oct.	3 717	126	323	291	32
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 488	149	1 021	1 010	11
TOTAL		50 932	115	13 528	11 651	1 877

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS - December 2005