Zimbabwe tops SA maize importers list

Zimbabwe topped the list of maize meal importers from South Africa.

The Cross Border Staple Food Trade Monitoring Bulletin July-September 2014 shows that Zimbabwe imports from South Africa averaged 482 metric tonnes between July and September last year.

The report said that exports of maize meal by Southern African countries were between 14-50 percent below average in the period July to September last year compared to the same period in 2013.

Report said, the largest importers of maize meal were the DRC and Zimbabwe, with imports by the former going up 78 percent compared to the same period last year because of lower production and hence high level of food insecurity in the country.

The Bulletin which is prepared by the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) is based on data collected by a network of cross border monitors based at selected active border points in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia.