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Informal cross border food trade in Southern Africa June 2007
Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET)
June 30, 2007

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-75X2P5?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=zwe

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At the end of the first quarter of the 2007/08 marketing season (April to June), nearly 32,500 MT of trade in maize were captured by the informal cross border food trade monitoring system, representing a marginal 4 percent increase over the amount of nearly 31,300 MT captured last year in the same period. As shown in Figure 1, maize trade increased by 46% from 8,830 MT in May to 12,900 MT in June. Cumulatively, the current level of trade in maize is normal and consistent with the generally satisfactory cereal supply situation in all monitored countries except Zimbabwe. Trade in maize is expected to peak during the next two months and then stabilise between 5,000 MT and 10,000 MT per month for the rest of the marketing season. Nearly 2,500 MT of trade in rice were captured during the first quarter of this marketing season. This is four times higher than the amount of 588 MT captured in the corresponding quarter last year. Between May and June trade in rice also increased three-fold from 404 MT to 1,382 MT . The trade in rice so far is higher than normal in comparison with the trend over the past two years where increases occurred late in the marketing year.

Nearly 2,500 MT of trade in rice were captured during the first quarter of this marketing season. This is four times higher than the amount of 588 MT captured in the corresponding quarter last year. Between May and June trade in rice also increased three-fold from 404 MT to 1,382 MT . The trade in rice so far is higher than normal in comparison with the trend over the past two years where increases occurred late in the marketing year.

Meanwhile trade in beans in the first quarter of the 2007/08 marketing season is 27% higher than during the same quarter last year. Bean trade captured between April and June is 1,689 MT compared with 1,329 MT last year. Between May and June trade in beans rose by 13% from 570 MT to 643 MT. However, the current level of bean trade is normal for this period of the marketing season.

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