FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 1998

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Table 1: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in 1998/99 for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries which have entered their 1998/99 marketing year
( in thousand tonnes )


 

Sub-
Region/
Co
untry

 

Marketing
year

1998 Cereal production 1/ Position for 1998/99

 

Total

As %
of previous 5 years
Cereal import require-ments 2/
Antici
pate
d
commer
-cial

imports
Food aid requirements Cereal import position

 

Total

of
which
:
excep
-
tional
Commer cial imports already made or contracted
Food aid

 

Pledges

of which: received so far Uncov.
food aid require-ments
Eastern Africa 14 282 127 1 918 1 662 256 - - 112 35 180
Kenya Oct./Sept. 3 398 112 1 000 930 70 - - 37 4 33
Somalia Aug/July 230 81 340 215 125 - - 5 2 120
Sudan Nov./Oct. 6 503 156 545 505 40 - - 12 7 28
Tanzania June/May 4 151 112 33 12 21 - - 57 21
Western Africa 10 220 117 1 943 1 725 218 - 7 139 - 83
Sahelian countries
10 220 117 1 943 1 725 218 - 7 139 - 83
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 2 349 101 170 135 35 - - 26 - 9
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 3 60 95 40 55 - - 46 - 9
Chad Nov./Oct. 1 246 141 72 60 12 - - 13 -
Gambia Nov./Oct. 112 124 124 115 9 - - 12 -
Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 93 64 87 50 37 - - - - 37

Mali

Nov./Oct.

2 304

110

80

70

10

-

-

4

-

6

Mauritania

Nov./Oct.

137

92

290

255

35

-

-

25

-

10

Niger

Nov./Oct.

3 023

142

220

210

10

-

-

8

-

2

Senegal

Nov./Oct.

953

104

805

790

15

-

7

6

-

9

Southern Africa 18 296 85 5 306 4 859 447 - 660 454 198 292
Angola April/March 594 166 471 350 121 - 103 121 68
Botswana April/March 9 21 256 256 - - 22 - - -
Lesotho April/March 168 93 188 188 - - 12 6 6
Madagascar April/March 1 669 90 205 175 30 - - 19 8 11
Malawi April/March 1 861 109 102 102 - - - 50 43
Mozambique April/March 1 622 150 212 212 - - 59 159 52
Namibia May/April 59 58 155 155 - - - - -
South Africa May/April 9 668 79 2 169 2 169 - - 426 - -
Swaziland May/April 110 115 63 63 - - - - -
Zambia May/April 707 55 660 364 296 - - 15 12 281
Zimbabwe April/March 1 829 72 825 825 - - 38 85 9
TOTAL 42 798 103 9 167 8 246 921 - 667 705 233 555

1/ Including rice in milledequivalent.
2/ Excluding re-exports.

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