Africa report January 1996

Table 6: Availabilities for Export and Local Purchase Requirements in Cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa : Current Position ( in thousand tons )

	Availabilities for export		Local Purchase Requirements
Sub-region / country	Total	Contracted so far	Total	Utilized so far
	Countries still in 1994/95 marketing year
Eastern Africa	300	20	68	68
Burundi	-	-	3	3
Djibouti	-	-	1	1
Eritrea	-	-	17	17
Ethiopia	-	-	16	16
Uganda	300	20	31	31
Western Africa	60	4	3	3
Coastal Countries	60	4	3	3
Benin	30	4	1	1
Guinea	30	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	-	-	1	1
Togo	-	-	1	1
Central Africa	1	1	7	7
Zaire	1	1	7	7
Sub-total	361	25	78	78
	Countries which have entered their 1995/96 marketing year
Eastern Africa	485	24	34	34
Kenya	270	-	9	9
Sudan	100	-	-	-
Tanzania	115	24	25	25
Western Africa	100	0	81	5
Coastal Countries	-	-	1	1
Ghana	-	-	1	1
Sahelian Countries	100	0	80	4
Burkina Faso	30	-	25	-
Mali	40	-	20	-
Mauritania	-	-	5	3
Niger	30	-	20	-
Senegal	-	-	10	1
Chad	-	-	10	-
Southern Africa	88	27	65	50
South Africa	332	68	-	-
Angola	-	-	3	3
Madagascar	20	-	1	1
Malawi	2	2	6	6
Mozambique	-	-	25	10
Swaziland	-	-	9	9
Zambia	-	-	20	20
Zimbabwe	66	25	1	1
Central Africa	10	3	0	0
Cameroon	10	3	-	-
Sub-total	683	54	180	89
TOTAL	1044	79	258	167

Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.