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TABLE 1: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN 2000/2001 FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ENTERED THEIR 2000/2001 MARKETING YEAR ( IN THOUSAND TONNES )

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	2000 Cereal production 1/		Position for 2000/2001
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import require- ments 2/	Antici- pated com- mer- cial imports	Food aid require- ments	Cereal import position
							Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
							Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Pledges	of which received so far	Uncov. food aid require-ments
Eastern Africa		3 311	82	690	540	150	-	-	-	150
Tanzania	June/May	3 311	82	690	540	150	-	-	-	150
Southern Africa		21 913	109	4 678	4 132	546	25	171	62	388
Angola	April/March	502	107	753	420	333	-	71	47	262
Botswana	April/March	13	41	250	250	-	-	-	-
Lesotho	April/March	167	93	223	213	10	-	-	-	10
Madagascar	April/March	1 642	87	518	426	92	-	9	8	83
Malawi	April/March	2 582	131	60	60	-	-	13	-	-
Mozambique	April/March	1 386	95	413	303	110	-	78	7	32
Namibia	May/April	131	149	105	105	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	May/April	12 013	113	1 484	1 484	-	25	-	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	74	66	88	88	-	-	-	-	-
Zambia	May/April	1 135	104	404	403	1	-	-	-	1
Zimbabwe	April/March	2 268	106	380	380	-	-	-	-
TOTAL		25 224	105	5 368	4 672	696	25	171	62	538

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS - August 2000