Table 6.
Shares of product categories in total food imports in a selected set of African countries
| Commodity groups | Unprocessed perishable | Unprocessed nonperishable | Minimally processed perishable | Minimally processed nonperishable | Highly processed perishable | Highly processed nonperishable | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.21 | ||
| Rice | 0.07 | 0.07 | |||||
| All other cereals | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.12 | ||
| Pulses | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||
| Roots and tubers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Vegetable oil and oilseeds | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.27 | ||
| Fruits | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | |
| Vegetables | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||
| Poultry & eggs | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Other meats | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||
| Dairy(excluding milk) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||||
| Milk | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||||
| Fish | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | ||
| Sugars and sweets | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | |||
| Other foods | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | ||
| Total | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 1.00 |
Source: Authors’ analysis of Comtrade data.