FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 1998

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Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1997/98 or 1998 (in thousand tonnes)


Sub-Region
/Country 
 Marketing year  1997 Cereal production 1/  1996/97 or 1997 imports  Position for 1997/98 or 1998 
Total imports  As % of average of previous 5 years  Total imports  As % of average of previous 5 years  Food Aid  Cereal Impor requirements 2/  Anticipated commercial imports  Food aid requirements  Commercial imports already made or contracted  Food aid 
Total  of which exceptional  Pledges  of which received so far  Uncov.
Food aid require-ments

Countries still in 1997/98 or 1998 marketing year
Eastern Africa
17 910 106 3 398 121 672 3 242 2 337 905 - 1 420 816 499 156
Burundi Jan./Dec. 290 110 37 67 - 42 6 36 - - 8 1 28
Comoros Jan./Dec. 14 100 42 99 3 46 36 10 - 2 5 3 5
Djibouti Jan./Dec. - - 78 82 12 66 56 10 - 2 4 3 6
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 130 105 289 147 54 280 200 80 - - 75 35 5
Ethiopia 4/ Jan./Dec. 8 384 121 239 33 202 640 170 470 - - 533 338
Kenya Oct./Sept. 3 034 100 1 847 202 75 1 346 1 246 100 - 1 252 52 39 48
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 222 117 236 112 232 170 40 130 - 2 72 22 58
Seychelles Jan./Dec. - - 12 92 - 13 13 - - 1 - - -
Sudan Nov./Oct. 4 096 93 541 102 46 532 509 23 - 98 27 19
Uganda Jan./Dec. 1 740 91 78 190 49 107 61 46 - 64 40 40 6
Southern Africa
3 150 280 148 - 248 248 - - 13 - - -
Mauritius Jan./Dec. 3 150 280 148 - 248 248 - - 13 - - -
Western Africa
34 105 104 5 910 131 571 5 735 5 047 688 - 923 361 164 389
Coastal countries
26 165 109 3 854 134 413 3 478 3 169 309 - 702 157 65 168
Benin Jan./Dec. 904 142 144 106 32 120 111 9 - 2 8 6 1
Côte d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 232 115 515 100 52 620 580 40 - 23 52 18
Ghana Jan./Dec. 1 715 110 466 147 110 440 400 40 - 62 43 40
Guinea Jan./Dec. 676 114 375 127 3 410 400 10 - - 3 - 7
Liberia Jan./Dec. 112 260 216 111 130 240 110 130 - 1 12 1 118
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 20 522 107 1 711 148 1 1 300 1 300 - - 532 - - -
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 309 101 238 130 79 260 180 80 - 2 39 - 41
Togo Jan./Dec. 695 133 189 182 7 88 88 - - 80 - - -
Sahelian countries
7 940 90 2 055 125 157 2 257 1 878 379 - 221 205 99 222
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 1 983 82 133 77 16 273 193 80 - 5 17 12 63
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 5 71 112 143 61 95 30 65 - - 46 30 19
Chad Nov./Oct. 949 107 89 139 26 73 63 10 - - 45 21
Gambia Nov./Oct. 105 114 105 132 7 110 94 16 - 19 2 1 14
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 147 104 86 140 5 66 63 3 - 23 1 1 2
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 172 109 122 110 3 70 65 5 - 6 17 13
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 125 87 406 168 24 340 285 55 - 29 36 10 19
Niger Nov./Oct. 1 695 76 260 161 13 450 390 60 - - 36 11 24
Senegal Nov./Oct. 759 82 744 111 3 780 695 85 - 140 6 - 79
Central Africa
2 913 109 766 104 33 751 691 60 - 226 10 2 51
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 1 135 109 250 85 2 260 253 7 - 82 - - 7
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 132 129 39 105 - 39 38 1 - - 2 2 -
Congo, Dem. Rep of Jan./Dec. 1 619 109 252 114 7 255 230 25 - 125 5 1 20
Congo, Rep.of Jan./Dec. 2 7 131 139 22 95 72 23 - 15 2 - 21
Equat.Guinea Jan./Dec. - - 9 87 - 9 7 2 - - 1 - 1
Gabon Jan./Dec. 25 100 74 116 - 82 82 - - 4 - - -
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. - - 11 92 3 11 9 2 - - 1 - 1
Sub-total
54 931 105 10 353 504 1 276 9 976 8 323 1 653 - 2 581 1 188 665 596

Countries which have entered their 1998/99 marketing year
Eastern Africa 3 445 85 285 164 11 1 155 975 180 - 799 112 69 100
Somalia Aug./July 268 100 217 114 5 330 220 110 - 230 10 10 100
Tanzania June/May 3 177 84 68 50 6 825 755 70 - 569 102 59
Southern Africa 21 609 114 3 821 69 424 3 395 2 771 624 9 3 862 490 329 251
Angola April/March 431 120 449 133 154 531 329 202 - 351 248 148
Botswana April/March 28 68 153 74 1 257 257 - - 152 - - -
Lesotho April/March 160 94 129 54 32 263 168 95 - 137 10 10 85
Madagascar April/March 1 865 101 86 68 17 168 125 43 - 151 37 36 6
Malawi April/March 1 650 110 174 51 99 347 197 150 - 111 8 4 142
Mozambique April/March 1 469 176 264 45 109 214 102 112 9 111 176 129
Namibia May/April 172 232 60 51 - 83 83 - - 93 - -
South Africa May/April 11 895 110 2 018 82 - 1 072 1 072 - - 2 180 - - -
Swaziland May/April 87 97 77 104 6 47 47 - - 62 - - -
Zambia May/April 1 124 94 122 35 4 388 366 22 - 369 5 2 17
Zimbabwe April/March 2 728 131 290 43 1 25 25 - - 147 7 - -
Sub-total
25 054 109 4 106 70 435 4 550 3 746 804 9 4 662 602 397 351
TOTAL
79 985 106 14 459 103 1 711 14 526 12 069 2 457 9 7 243 1 790 1 063 947

Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excludes re-exports.
3/ Includes all pledges reported to the GIEWS , whether for free distribution or market sale. However, there may be some cases where governments count some food aid received for market sale against commercial import requirements.
4/ Includes refugee needs.

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