Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.13

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Following a well above-average cereal harvest in 2003, estimated at about 1 million tonnes (including paddy), cereal imports during the 2004 marketing year are forecast to be about 203яПН000 tonnes, mostly wheat and rice. This figure includes 5яПН000 tonnes of wheat and 30яПН000 tonnes of rice for re-exports.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
яПН	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
яПН	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	-	66	1 023	1 089
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	48	921	969
Previous year imports	55	85	2	142 1/
Previous five years average imports	52	71	2	125
2004 Domestic Availability	-	33	989	1 021
2003 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	54	989	1 043
2003 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	33	989	1 021
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2004 Utilization	61	173	991	1 224
Food use	55	123	682	860
Non-food use	1	20	243	264
Exports or re-exports	5	30	55	90
Possible stock build up	-	-	10	10
2004 Import Requirement	61	140	2	203 2/
Anticipated commercial imports	60	135	-	195
of which: received or contracted	3	35	-	38
Food aid needs	1	5	2	8
Current Aid Position	яПН	яПН	яПН	яПН
Food aid pledges	1	16	1	18
of which: delivered	1	12	1	13
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	2	2
of which: for local use	-	-	2	2
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	8	18	101	127
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	113	107	108
2004 Import requirement compared to average	117	197	100	162
Cereal share of total calorie intake	яПН	яПН	яПН	36
Additional Information	яПН	яПН	яПН	яПН
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; maize
Lean season	April-June
Population (000s)	6 781	яПН	яПН	яПН
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	440	яПН	яПН	яПН

1/ Includes 5 000 tonnes of wheat for re-exports.
2/ Includes 5 000 tonnes of wheat and 30 000 tonnes of rice for re-exports.

FAO/GIEWSяПН-яПНDecember 2004