Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.12

BENIN

Aggregate cereal production in 2004 has been estimated at a record 1.6 million tonnes, some 60 percent above average. Reflecting the bumper harvest, imports of cereals in the marketing year 2005 are forecast to decline to about 148ďż˝000 tonnes, mostly wheat and rice.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
ďż˝	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
ďż˝	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	-	54	989	1 043
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	52	952	1 004
Previous year imports	61	140	2	203 1/
Previous five years average imports	54	85	2	141
2005 Domestic Availability	-	47	1 532	1 579
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	78	1 532	1 610
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	47	1 532	1 579
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2005 Utilization	61	132	1 534	1 727
Food use	55	104	786	945
Non-food use	1	8	378	387
Exports or re-exports	5	-	165	170
Possible stock build up	-	20	205	225
2005 Import Requirement	61	85	2	148 2/
Anticipated commercial imports	60	80	-	140
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	1	5	2	8
Current Aid Position	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
Food aid pledges	-	5	-	5
of which: delivered	-	-	-	-
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	8	15	113	136
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	151	161	160
2005 Import requirement compared to average	113	100	100	105
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	36
Additional Information	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; maize
Lean season	April-June
Population (000s)	6 964	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	440	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝

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

2/ Includes 5 000 tonnes of wheat for re-exports.

FAO/GIEWSďż˝-ďż˝April 2005