Africa Report - No. 2 September 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - September 2005 p.27

ERITREA

Domestic cereal availability in the 2005 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 140 000 tonnes against total utilization requirements of 563 000 tonnes. Cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 423 000 tonnes. With commercial imports estimated at 81 000 tonnes, food aid needs are estimated at 342 000 tonnes. As of mid-August, the amount of food aid pledged stood at 196 000 tonnes of which 128 000 have been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	3	-	102	105
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	15	-	152	167
Previous year imports	329	11	65	405
Previous five years average imports	295	10	54	359
2005 Domestic Availability	60	-	80	140
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	5	-	80	85
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	5	-	80	85
Possible stock drawdown	55	-	-	55
2005 Utilization	310	11	242	563
Food use	310	11	188	509
Non-food use	-	-	33	33
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	21	21
2005 Import Requirement	250	11	162	423
Anticipated commercial imports	30	11	40	81
of which: received or contracted	-	-	28	28
Food aid needs	220	-	122	342
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	97	-	99	196
of which: delivered	76	-	52	128
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	86	3	52	141
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	33	-	53	51
2005 Import requirement compared to average	85	110	300	118
Cereal share of total calorie intake				79
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	sorghum; teff; millet; maize; pulses
Lean season	August-November
Population (000s)	3 622
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	190

FAO/GIEWS - September 2005