Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 4 May 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of maize in Nairobi remains Ksh2,500(US$25)/90kg bag, as National Cereal Board continues to buy maize at Ksh2,300($23)/90kg bag in Kitale. Tanzania continued to export Dolichos-Njahi, Pigeon peas, and Yellow … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 28 April 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The week saw an unusual increase of Sorghum and Millet exports from Uganda to Kenya, in comparison to the previous week. The price of a bag of dry maize in Nairobi, … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 21 April 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Uganda exported maize (4,921MT) to Kenya, as Kenyan farmers threaten to protest at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot over non-payment for maize delivered last year. Unconfirmed reports seem … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 14 April 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Tanzania maize exports to Kenya significantly increased to 562MT from 349MT the previous week. An unusual price increase of local rice in Tororo, Uganda, and Iringa, Tanzania during the week. The … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 7 April 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Tanzania exported a lot of rice to Rwanda despite Uganda having much lower rice prices. The market prices for imported rice in Rwanda were much higher than those of the local … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 19th November 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis Unusual trade patterns during the week were; Tanzania exported Cowpeas(30MT) to Kenya; Uganda only exported beans to DRC, there was no maize export to DRC; DRC exported the following commodities to … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 12th November 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis Unusually high volumes of maize and beans was exported from Uganda to Kenya during the week. Sorghum trade flow was from Tanzania to Uganda, then Kenya. Unusually high volumes of Sunflower … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 4th November 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis There was an unusual increase in exports from Uganda to Kenya, Beans (6,568MT), Maize (2,568MT), and Millet (2,365MT). Total exports from Uganda to Kenya during the week was (11,827MT) in comparison … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 29th October 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis An unusual pattern was Tanzania did not export any rice to Uganda during the week, however there was unusually high volume (1,080.5MT) of rice export from Tanzania to Rwanda. Another … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 21st October 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis The highest traded commodities were Beans (3,687.53MT), Maize (2,522.80MT), Millet (2,207.70MT), Sorghum (1,567.98MT), Rice (1,246.94) and Wheat (1,109.52MT). There was increased export of Wheat, Maize, Peas and Ground Nuts from Rwanda … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 14th October 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis An unusual trade pattern was Rwanda exported pigeon peas (177MT) to DRC. Rwanda grows pigeon peas mostly for export to DRC. The price of Kenya’s locally grown Pishori rice reached record … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis Maize (2,562MT) was the highest traded commodity during the week. Uganda exported to Rwanda (1,117MT) in comparison to Kenya (955MT). A lot of the trade was through the Cyanika border. Beans (2,556MT) was the second highest traded commodity. Uganda exported to Kenya (1,582MT), as Rwanda exported … Continue reading
Uncertainty over Kenya’s repeat presidential elections greatly affected business and trade in September 2017. Kenya was the month’s leading net importer (25,718MT) of grains, a huge reduction from August 2017 (41,432MT). Kenya’s export in September 2017 were (2,272MT), slightly down from August 2017 (2,331MT). Wheat was Kenya’s only grain export … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 29th September 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis Beans was the highest traded commodity. The trade flow was mostly Uganda exporting to Kenya (3,382MT) and Rwanda exports to Uganda (1,162MT). Beans prices were highest in Kenya and lowest in … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 22nd September 2017 Maize:- Unusually high volumes of maize was exported from Uganda to Rwanda (1,098MT), in comparison to Uganda’s maize export to Kenya (119MT). This is because Western Kenya has harvested maize, … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 15th September 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis Western Kenya especially Kitale started harvesting maize, which caused a drop in the price of maize to Ksh26/kg, making maize cheaper in Kenya than in Busia, Uganda (Ksh29.5/kg). For the first … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 8th September 2017 Beans (3,952MT) was the highest traded commodity, followed by Sorghum (2,513MT), Rice (1,584MT), Millet (1,221MT), Maize (1,108MT) and Wheat (1,068MT). Other traded volumes are indicated in Table 1 “The Week’s … Continue reading
August 2017 started with a lot of uncertainty due to fears of post-election violence in Kenya. The announcement of the presidential results directly affected the East Africa cross border trade. With Kenya going back to the ballot box after the nullification of the presidential election by Kenya’s Supreme Court, regional … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade for the Week Ending 1 September 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis Sorghum (5,073MT) was the most traded commodity during the week ending 1st September 2017. Beans (4,245MT), Maize (3,361MT), Millet (1,674MT), and Groundnuts (939MT) were the other leading commodities for the week. Trade … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis Figure 1: Uganda’s Exports to the East Africa Region the Week Ending 25 August 2017 Uganda’s grain export dominated the week’s regional trade. Most exports went to Kenya (11,874MT). Exports to other EAC countries were Rwanda (741), Tanzania (135) and DRC (63MT). Tanzania’s grain export was … Continue reading
