FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 2001 6

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TABLE 1: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 2000/2001 OR 2001 (IN THOUSAND TONNES)


Sub-Region/
Country		 Marketing
year		 2000 Cereal
production 1/		 1999/00 or 2000 imports Position for 2000/2001 or 2001
 Total  As %of
average
of
previous
5 years		 Total
imports		 As % of
average
of
previous
5 years		   Food   aid Cereal
impor
require
ment
2/		 Antici-
pated
commer-
cial
imports		 Food
aid
require-
ment		 Commer-
cial
imports
already
made or
contracted		 Food aid
Pledges
3/		 of which
received
so
far		 Uncov.
food aid
require-
ments
Eastern Africa 20 383 92 5 971 177 1 934 5 877 3 926 1 951 590 859 319 1 104
Burundi Jan./Dec. 270 103 70 149 9 106 50 56 - 2 2 54
Comoros Jan./Dec. 6 100 46 104 - 46 46 - - - -  
Djibouti Jan./Dec. - - 108 119 10 68 55 13 - - - 13
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 71 34 272 137 194 240 160 80 19 55 - 26
Ethiopia 4/ Jan./Dec. 8 938 108 1 239 241 1 171 970 330 640 - 545 127 96
Kenya Oct./Sept. 2 079 72 1 888 176 117 2 164 1 401 763 184 160 125 603
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 235 120 217 80 167 175 115 60 - 16 12 44
Seychelles Jan./Dec. - - 13 102 - 13 13 - - - - -
Somalia Aug./July 320 123 310 138 35 203 176 27 11 39 29  
Sudan Nov./Oct. 3 402 80 1 034 196 133 1 126 1 025 101 118 26 21 75
Tanzania June/May 3 492 87 704 259 49 690 540 150 258 2 2 148
Uganda Jan./Dec. 1 570 87 72 77 50 76 15 61 - 14 0.6 47
Southern Africa 24 219 120 4 678 109 329 4 419 3 950 469 1 701 472 326 232
Angola April/March 503 108 531 112 141 753 420 333 82 180 167 153
Botswana April/March 21 66 196 99 - 250 250 - 136 - - -
Lesotho April/March 148 83 238 127 3 248 248 - 109 3 3  
Madagascar April/March 1 642 87 230 148 16 518 426 92 178 14 14 79
Malawi April/March 2 585 132 130 55 68 60 60 - 11 30 30  
Mauritius Jan./Dec. 2 100 280 114 - 248 248 - 171 - -  
Mozambique April/March 1 413 97 302 92 94 413 370 43 81 236 103  
Namibia May/April 139 156 126 133 1 100 100 - 67 1 1  
South Africa May/April 13 730 127 1 843 107 - 1 571 1 571 - 783 - - -
Swaziland May/April 75 67 73 100 - 88 88 - 73 - - -
Zambia May/April 1 513 139 434 157 7 64 63 1 - 4 4  
Zimbabwe April/March 2 448 115 297 101 - 106 106 - 10 4 4 -
Western Africa 35 537 102 6 785 115 384 6 655 6 249 406 251 177 58 235
Coastal countries 27 090 106 4 754 122 189 4 531 4 344 187 229 90 16 99
Benin Jan./Dec. 891 114 119 95 6 118 107 11 - 5 - 6
C�te d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 408 117 1 193 193 14 778 766 12 4 4 4 -
Ghana Jan./Dec. 1 679 100 478 114 42 445 415 30 39 36 4  
Guinea Jan./Dec. 810 118 350 95 1 390 390 - - 4 4  
Liberia Jan./Dec. 94 90 210 97 103 200 160 40 3 8 3 32
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 21 381 106 2 182 124 - 2 200 2 200 - 181 - -  
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 142 57 151 58 19 320 230 90 3 33 - 57
Togo Jan./Dec. 685 111 70 51 4 80 76 4 - - - 4
Sahelian countries 8 447 91 2 032 102 194 2 124 1 905 219 21 87 42 136
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 1 834 76 151 90 30 240 175 65 - 11 2 54
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 19 173 85 95 55 88 35 53 - 57 36  
Chad Nov./Oct. 869 84 51 67 19 85 70 15 - 1 1 14
Gambia Nov./Oct. 164 152 120 110 5 120 118 2 5 2 - 0
Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 133 102 61 79 10 72 60 12 - 1 1 11
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 148 98 107 99 3 90 80 10 - 2 2 8
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 154 103 295 103 25 285 260 25 13 1 - 24
Niger Nov./Oct. 2 122 90 383 123 11 377 352 25 - 3 0.2 22
Senegal Nov./Oct. 1 004 116 779 101 37 767 755 12 3 9 - 3
Central Africa 2 858 99 855 38 52 825 808 17 13 16 16 8
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 1 237 101 291 110 3 300 298 2 - - - 2
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 132 100 31 91 3 33 31 2 - - - -
Congo, Dem. Rep of Jan./Dec. 1 452 97 250 102 32 250 244 6 - 2 2 4
Congo, Rep.of Jan./Dec. 4 100 182 157 8 135 130 5 7 14 14  
Equat.Guinea Jan./Dec. - - 9 78 1 10 10 - 6 - -  
Gabon Jan./Dec. 33 132 82 109 1 87 87 - - - -  
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. - - 10 96 4 10 8 2 - - - 2
TOTAL 82 997 104 18 290 128 2 699 17 776 14 933 2 843 2 555 1 524 718 1 579


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.

FAO/GIEWS - April 2001

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