FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2004 p.21

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

The country’s food import requirement for 2004 is estimated at 300 000 tonnes or about one-fifth of total utilisation. The food aid requirement is estimated at 50 000 tonnes.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	8	315	1 255	1 578
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	9	338	1 284	1 631
Previous year imports	190	50	80	320
Previous five years average imports	160	50	65	275
2004 Domestic Availability	18	200	1 215	1 433
2003 Production (incl. paddy rice)	18	300	1 195	1 513
2003 Production (incl. milled rice)	18	200	1 195	1 413
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	20	20
2004 Utilization	188	250	1 295	1 733
Food use	180	207	1 030	1 417
Non-food use	8	43	265	316
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2004 Import Requirement	170	50	80	300
Anticipated commercial imports	170	50	30	250
of which: received or contracted	122	-	-	122
Food aid needs	-	-	50	50
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	29	29
of which: delivered	-	-	23	23
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	2	2
of which: for local use	-	-	2	2
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	4	4	21	29
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	200	89	93	93
2004 Import requirement compared to average	106	100	123	109
Cereal share of total calorie intake				18
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; coarse grains; fruit
Lean season	north: October; south: November-December
Population (000s)	48 547
GNI per capita in 2002 (US$)	90

FAO/GIEWS - April 2004