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
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
Figure 1 Uganda’s Exports to Kenya (Busia Border) after Announcement of Kenya’s Presidential Results (11 August 2017 The Week’s Market Analysis The announcement of Kenya’s presidential results on 11 August 2017 was a sigh of relief for many Ugandan and Kenyan traders as demonstrated in Figure 1. Clearly politics, especially … Continue reading
July 2017, was the peak of political campaigns, and the government of Kenya made sure that GoK90 continued to be easily available. By end of July 2017, Kenyan consumers had stopped worrying about maize meal, as the commodity was readily available. The government of Kenya was a … Continue reading
Figure 1 Uganda’s Exports to Kenya (Busia Border) effects of the 8th August 2017 Kenyan Elections The Week’s Market Analysis The Kenyan elections drastically affected the East Africa regional trade. A few days to the elections most traders from Busia were requesting buyers to provide transport for commodity headed for … Continue reading
Maize: Zambia, Malawi and Uganda continues to look at exporting maize into Kenya. Unfortunately, the Government seems to be the only buyer, as most millers and traders are shying away from buying maize from individual suppliers, because of government price control. An interesting observation is the price of maize in … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Opportunities- Kenya is currently experiencing a shortage of pure red millet, the commodity that is currently available in the market is an extremely poor quality mixture of various varieties of millet including black millet. The Nairobi market continues to experience a shortage of the imported long grain … Continue reading
Maize (9,489MT) was the highest traded commodity in the region in the week ending 21st July 2017, a decrease from the previous week (11,304MT). The price of maize is on a decline across all Kenyan markets, as many parts of the country have started harvesting fresh maize. The Government of … Continue reading
Maize (11,304MT) was the highest traded commodity in the week ending 14th July 2017, a 143% increase from the previous week (7,892MT). The flow was mostly Uganda to Kenya, Uganda exported to Kenya (10,043MT), to Rwanda (510MT), and to Tanzania (80MT). Tanzania exported to Kenya (270MT), probably maize exports into … Continue reading
Maize meal continued to be a big topic of discussion in June 2017, and towards the end of the month Nairobi, started experiencing shortages of rice, a probable indication, that Kenyans were unwillingly consuming more rice than maize meal. In June 2017, Kenya was the Leading Net Importer (66,312MT), a 324% … Continue reading
Maize (7,892MT) was the highest traded commodity in the week ending 7th July 2017, a decrease from the previous week (9,606MT). The flow was mostly Uganda to Kenya, Uganda exported to Kenya (6,790MT), to Rwanda (350MT), and to Tanzania (40MT). There was no maize exports from Uganda to DRC. Tanzania … Continue reading
Maize (9,606MT) was the highest traded commodity in the week ending 30th June 2017, down from the previous week (11,013MT). The flow was mostly from Uganda to Kenya, Uganda exported to Kenya (9,099MT) and to Rwanda (235MT). Tanzania exported maize (94MT), consisting of exports to Kenya (44MT), and to Uganda … Continue reading
Maize (11,013MT) was the highest traded commodity in the week ending 23rd June 2017, a huge increase from the previous week (6,282MT). The flow was mostly from Uganda to Kenya, Uganda exported to Kenya (9,302MT) and to Rwanda (265MT). Tanzania also had a trade flow for maize (1,250MT), consisting of … Continue reading
Beans (6,338MT) was the highest traded commodity in the week ending 16th June 2017. The trade flow was mostly from Uganda to Kenya, a sharp decrease in comparison to the previous week (16,052MT). Uganda exported to Kenya (5,634MT), and to DRC (528MT). Other trade flows included Rwanda’s export to Uganda … Continue reading
Beans (16,052MT) was the highest traded commodity the week ending 9th June 2017. Uganda exported (15,557MT) which consisted of exports to Kenya (14,459MT), DRC (1,087MT), and Tanzania (10MT). Uganda imported (311MT) of beans from Rwanda. Beans prices were highest in Uganda, Masindi Ksh117($1.13)/kg, Soroti Ksh101($0.98)/kg, and Mombasa Ksh102($0.99)/kg. The prices … Continue reading