FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 1999 7

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TABLE 2: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1998/1999 OR 1999 (IN THOUSAND TONNES)


Sub-Region/
Country  		Marketing
year		 1998 Cereal production 1/ 1997/98 or 1998 imports Position for 1998/99 or 1999
 Total   As % of
average
of
previous
5 years		 Total
imports		 As % of
average
of
previous
5 years		 Food aid Cereal
import
requirement
2/		 Anticipated
commercial
imports		 Food aid requirements Commercial
imports
already
made or
contracted		 Food aid
Total of
which:
excep
tional		 Pledges
3/		 of which
received
so
far		 Uncov.
food
aid
require-
ments
    Countries still in 1998/99 or 1999 marketing year
Eastern Africa 9 915 103 1 478 115 882 1 236 433 803 0 149 873 762 83
Burundi Jan./Dec. 291 110 42 70 1 70 20 50 - 1 4 4 46
Comoros Jan./Dec. 6 100 46 108 4 46 36 10 - 7 1 - 9
Djibouti Jan./Dec. - - 73 76 11 80 73 7 - 73 4 4 3
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 459 356 327 161 103 109 65 44 - 4 31 15 13
Ethiopia 4/ Jan./Dec. 7 198 100 608 107 546 570 85 485 - 27 589 508  
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 221 126 200 79 142 222 67 155 - 2 204 197  
Seychelles Jan./Dec. - - 33 252 - 13 13 - - 33 - - -
Uganda Jan./Dec. 1 740 93 150 295 75 126 74 52 - 2 40 34 12
Southern Africa 2 100 265 125 - 248 248 - - 68 - - -
Mauritius Jan./Dec. 2 100 265 125 - 248 248 - - 68 - -  
Western Africa 26 885 109 4 092 128 288 4 265 4 045 220 - 2 911 262 161 116
Coastal countries 26 885 109 4 092 128 288 4 265 4 045 220 - 2 911 262 161 116
Benin Jan./Dec. 789 113 124 109 12 125 120 5 - 35 18 18  
Côte d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 249 113 626 128 23 640 640 - - 530 18 -  
Ghana Jan./Dec. 1 722 105 471 135 52 475 450 25 - 205 102 20  
Guinea Jan./Dec. 693 110 410 124 7 385 385 - - 87 20 20  
Liberia Jan./Dec. 141 271 200 92 104 155 105 50 - 39 79 79  
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 21 457 109 1 845 133 - 2 120 2 120 - - 1 954 - - -
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 263 87 294 145 88 290 150 140 - 5 24 24 116
Togo Jan./Dec. 571 101 123 100 3 75 75 - - 57 - - -
Central Africa 3 104 115 772 36 12 796 765 31 - 302 20 17 15
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 1 212 111 260 93 3 280 278 2 - 110 3 3  
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 139 126 39 114 2 34 33 1 - 7 - - 1
Congo, Dem. Rep of Jan./Dec. 1 726 117 250 111 2 250 240 10 - 90 14 14 0
Congo, Rep.of Jan./Dec. 2 40 121 117 2 130 115 15 - 48 3 - 12
Equat.Guinea Jan./Dec. - - 9 78 1 9 8 1 - 4 - - 1
Gabon Jan./Dec. 25 100 82 129 - 82 82 - - 44 - - -
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. - - 11 103 3 11 9 2 - - 1 1 1
Sub-total   39 906 108 6 607 122 1 183 6 545 5 491 1 054 - 3 430 1 155 940 214
    Countries which have entered their 1999/2000 marketing year
Eastern Africa 13 024 116 3 465 1 000 190 2 271 2 015 256 - 1 343 439 421 84
Kenya Oct./Sept. 3 041 100 1 951 193 74 790 721 69 - 344 96 83  
Somalia Aug./July 196 69 280 140 17 385 250 135 - 223 51 51 84
Sudan Nov./Oct. 5 533 131 573 106 64 500 475 25 - 398 219 217  
Tanzania June/May 4 254 114 662 562 36 596 569 27 - 379 73 71  
Southern Africa 18 631 87 4 094 77 373 5 306 4 859 447 - 3 520 560 493 264
Angola April/March 599 168 508 142 157 471 350 121 - 384 141 140  
Botswana April/March 9 21 233 114 - 256 256 - - 256 - -  
Lesotho April/March 155 81 135 63 8 188 188 - - 149 8 8  
Madagascar April/March 1 837 99 214 168 38 205 175 30 - 116 24 19 6
Malawi April/March 1 882 110 117 35 4 102 102 - - 166 37 34  
Mozambique April/March 1 622 150 317 61 165 212 212 - - 106 225 173  
Namibia May/April 59 58 93 80 - 155 155 - - 97 - -  
South Africa May/April 9 657 79 1 882 81 - 2 169 2 169 - - 1 376 - -  
Swaziland May/April 141 147 62 75 - 63 63 - - 75 - -  
Zambia May/April 811 63 371 111 2 660 364 296 - 357 38 38 258
Zimbabwe April/March 1 859 73 164 23 - 825 825 - - 438 86 81  
Western Africa 10 330 119 2 423 139 146 1 938 1 730 208 0 1 647 276 216 27
Sahelian countries 10 330 119 2 423 139 146 1 938 1 730 208 - 1 647 276 216 27
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 2 627 113 216 153 21 160 130 30 - 106 56 36  
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 5 83 81 97 46 95 40 55 - 30 94 62  
Chad Nov./Oct. 1 315 142 86 128 22 72 60 12 - 60 16 16  
Gambia Nov./Oct. 112 117 122 136 6 124 115 9 - 123 3 3 6
Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 102 71 104 173 1 87 55 32 - 55 16 16 16
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 318 112 94 93 10 80 70 10 - 116 6 6 4
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 167 114 318 118 15 295 260 35 - 214 34 30 1
Niger Nov./Oct. 2 958 144 504 230 26 220 210 10 - 307 28 24  
Senegal Nov./Oct. 726 79 898 127 2 805 790 15 - 636 24 24  
Sub-total 41 985 101 9 982 1 216 709 9 515 8 604 911 - 6 511 1 275 1 129 375
TOTAL 81 891 104 16 589 115 1 892 16 060 14 095 1 965 - 9 940 2 431 2 070 588

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 - December 1999
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