FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 2001 7

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Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000/01 or 2001 (in thousand tonnes)


Sub-Region/ Country Marketing
year		 2000 Cereal
production 1/		 1999/00 or 2000 imports Position for 2000/01 or 2001
 Total  As %of
average
of
previous
5 years		 Total
imports		 As % of
average
of
previous
5 years		 Food aid Cereal
import
require-
ment
2/		 Antici-
pated
commer-
cial
imports		 Food
aid
require-
ment		 Commer-
cial
imports
already
made or
contracted		 Food aid
Pledges
3/		 of which
received
so
far		 Uncov.
food aid
require-
ment
    Countries still in 2000/01 or 2001 marketing year
Eastern Africa  16 501 92 5 207 181 1 825 4 845 3 210 1 635 856 874 465 927
Burundi Jan./Dec. 270 103 70 149 9 106 50 56 - 4 2 52
Comoros Jan./Dec. 6 100 46 104 - 46 46 - - - - -
Djibouti Jan./Dec. - - 68 75 10 68 55 13 - - - 13
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 71 34 297 149 212 240 160 80 19 78 23 2
Ethiopia 4/ Jan./Dec. 8 938 108 1 215 236 1 108 520 130 390 22 556 259  
Kenya Oct./Sept. 2 079 72 1 888 176 117 2 164 1 401 763 401 162 127 601
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 232 120 224 83 169 175 115 60 - 19 16 41
Seychelles Jan./Dec. - - 13 102 - 13 13 - - - - -
Sudan Nov./Oct. 3 326 78 1 310 249 144 1 335 1 225 110 405 26 24 84
Uganda Jan./Dec. 1 579 87 77 82 57 76 15 61 9 29 15 32
Southern Africa   2 100 314 128 - 248 248 - 203 - - -
Mauritius Jan./Dec. 2 100 314 128 - 248 248 - 203 - - -
Western Africa  36 048 103 6 730 114 428 7 113 6 709 404 1 359 203 94 238
Coastal countries  27 184 105 4 748 122 245 5 019 4 814 205 1 264 111 29 125
Benin Jan./Dec. 985 126 109 86 6 111 102 9 4 5 4 4
Côte d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 408 117 1 196 194 17 778 766 12 433 4 4 8
Ghana Jan./Dec. 1 679 100 541 129 95 490 460 30 127 57 4  
Guinea Jan./Dec. 810 118 265 72 1 330 330 - - 4 4  
Liberia Jan./Dec. 94 90 201 93 102 200 160 40 13 8 5 32
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 21 381 104 2 217 126 - 2 670 2 670 - 676 - -  
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 142 57 151 58 21 360 250 110 4 34 8 76
Togo Jan./Dec. 685 111 70 51 4 80 76 4 8 - - 4
Sahelian countries  8 864 96 1 982 99 182 2 094 1 895 199 95 93 65 113
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 2 251 94 157 94 35 210 165 45 6 11 10 34
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 19 173 80 90 50 88 35 53 - 57 40  
Chad Nov./Oct. 869 84 55 71 15 85 70 15 2 1 1 14
Gambia Nov./Oct. 164 152 120 110 5 120 118 2 7 2 2 -
Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 133 102 64 83 10 72 60 12 - 1 1 11
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 148 98 107 99 3 90 80 10 4 2 2 8
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 154 103 289 101 17 285 260 25 35 1 1 24
Niger Nov./Oct. 2 122 90 352 113 11 377 352 25 2 3 3 22
Senegal Nov./Oct. 1 004 116 758 98 37 767 755 12 39 15 6  
Central Africa  2 858 99 934 123 60 826 809 17 55 17 16 7
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 1 237 101 292 111 3 300 298 2 30 - - 2
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 132 100 39 115 3 33 31 2 - - - -
Congo, Dem. Rep of Jan./Dec. 1 452 97 258 105 38 250 244 6 7 3 2 3
Congo, Rep.of Jan./Dec. 4 100 225 195 11 135 130 5 10 14 14  
Equat.Guinea Jan./Dec. - - 15 122 1 10 10 - 6 - - -
Gabon Jan./Dec. 33 132 94 125 1 87 87 - 2 - - -
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. - - 11 98 4 11 9 2 - - - 2
Sub-total    55 409 99 13 186 135 2 313 13 032 10 976 2 056 2 472 1 094 576 1 173
    Countries which have entered their 2001/02 marketing year
Eastern Africa  3 582 84 724 146 105 893 716 177 429 42 36 148
Somalia Aug./July 320 123 310 138 35 203 176 27 32 40 34  
Tanzania June/May 3 262 81 724 267 70 690 540 150 397 2 2 148
Southern Africa  24 303 120 4 538 112 349 4 171 3 702 469 3 972 341 341 230
Angola April/March 505 108 559 118 141 753 420 333 473 181 181 152
Botswana April/March 21 66 250 126 - 250 250 - 250 - - -
Lesotho April/March 148 83 262 140 3 248 248 - 225 3 3  
Madagascar April/March 1 715 91 230 148 16 518 426 92 504 14 14 79
Malawi April/March 2 612 133 130 55 68 60 60 - 11 30 30  
Mozambique April/March 1 414 97 302 92 94 413 370 43 326 103 103  
Namibia May/April 139 156 126 133 1 100 100 - 79 1 1  
South Africa May/April 13 730 127 1 843 107 - 1 571 1 571 - 1 812 - - -
Swaziland May/April 75 67 73 100 - 88 88 - 87 - - -
Zambia May/April 1 500 138 434 157 23 64 63 1 64 4 4  
Zimbabwe April/March 2 444 115 330 112 5 106 106 - 140 4 4 -
Sub-total   27 885 114 5 263 116 454 5 064 4 418 646 4 401 382 377 378
TOTAL   83 294 104 18 448 129 2 767 18 096 15 394 2 702 6 872 1 476 952 1 551
Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excludes re-exports.
3/ Includes all pledges reported to the GIEWS , whether for free distribution or market sale. However, there may be some cases where governments count some food aid received for market sale against commercial import requirements.
4/ Includes refugee needs.
FAO/GIEWS - August 2001

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