La vIn March 2014, export of cereals was in both directions as maize, millet and sorghum moved from the coastal countries to the sahelian countries and vice versa. For maize, the main exporting countries in March were Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Ghana. It should be noted however that Burkina Faso imports maize as much as they export.
Cowpea was also exported for the month from Burkina Faso. Niger is also expected to start data collection on cowpea in the near future. Livestock mostly moved from the sahelian countries to the coastal ones except for a few cattle that moved from the north of Benin to Nigeria. In March 2014 the total trade in the region in all selected products was US$45.47 million.
The largest importers of cattle in March were Nigeria (40%), Côte d’Ivoire (28%), Ghana (17%), and Senegal (15%) and for sheep the largest importer was Côte d’Ivoire followed by Senegal and for goats it was Benin and Nigeria. Niger as usual remained the largest importer of maize (42%); followed by Senegal (25%) and Burkina Faso (23%). For millet and sorghum, the largest importer was Niger and for cowpea it was Ghana.
As usual the main livestock exporting countries are Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali as Niger livestock data has now been integrated into the database after the validation exercise a few months ago.
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