Africa report January 1996



Table 1: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in 1995/96 for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries which have entered their 1995/96 marketing year ( in thousand tons )

1995 Cereal
production 1/
Position for 1995/96
- -
Food aid requirements
Cereal import position
- - - -
Food aid
Sub-Region/
Country
Marketing year
Total
As %of
Average
of previous
5 years
Cereal
import
require-
ments 2/
Antici-
pated
commercial
imports
Total
of
which
excep-
tional
Commer-
cial
imports
already
made or
contracted
Pledges
of which
received

so far
Uncov.
food aid
require-
ments
Eastern Africa 11 862 111 1 459 1 176 283 - 72 122 32 199
Kenya July/June 3 361 115 575 565 10 - 45 41 23
Somalia Sept./Aug. 284 88 320 125 195 - 12 39 6 156
Sudan Nov./Oct. 3 855 98 519 441 78 - - 35 - 43
Tanzania June/May 4 362 125 45 45 - - 16 7 3
Southern Africa 14 553 76 5 016 3 967 1 049 414 1 364 990 604 152
Angola April/March 273 83 560 200 360 130 17 235 166 125
Botswana April/March 46 115 238 238 - - 62 7 7
Lesotho April/March 89 52 277 217 60 37 50 51 27 9
Madagascar April/March 1 805 100 146 119 27 - 1 24 13 3
Malawi April/March 1 662 120 180 3/ 37 143 46 8 206 119
Mozambique April/March 1 088 183 446 84 362 104 51 366 227
Namibia May/April 59 66 142 142 - - 133 11 1
South Africa May/April 7 588 67 1 697 1 697 - - 851 - -
Swaziland May/April 71 70 93 84 9 9 7 6 6 3
Zambia May/April 882 74 577 489 88 88 13 76 37 12
Zimbabwe April/March 990 47 660 660 - - 172 8 -
Western Africa 27 865 121 3 465 3 169 296 - 543 110 29 196
Coastal countries 18 814 128 2 012 1 857 155 - 543 62 28 93
Côte d'Ivoire July/June 1 065 105 587 537 50 - 88 45 11 5
Ghana Oct./Sept. 1 400 107 305 200 105 - 5 17 17 88
Nigeria July/June 16 349 132 1 120 1 120 - - 450 - -
Sahelian countries 9 051 108 1 453 1 312 141 - - 48 2 103
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 2 421 107 100 90 10 - - 6 2 4
Chad Nov./Oct. 911 106 65 58 7 - - 17 -
Gambia Nov./Oct. 108 114 93 86 7 - - 1 - 6
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 026 101 75 50 25 - - 1 - 24
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 175 156 240 190 50 - - 12 - 38
Niger Nov./Oct. 2 363 110 185 170 15 - - 11 - 4
Senegal Nov./Oct. 1 047 116 695 668 27 - - 1 - 26
Central Africa 1 070 106 489 479 10 - 18 25 12 4
Cameroon July/June 949 105 347 342 5 - 18 3 3 2
Centr.Afr.Rep. Sept./Aug. 100 111 34 32 2 - - - - 2
Congo July/June 21 100 108 105 3 - - 22 9
TOTAL 55 350 103 10 429 8 791 1 638 414 1 997 1 247 676 551

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excluding re-exports.
3/ Excluding 130 000 tons recommended for Strategic Grain Reserve build-up.

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