Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 29 June 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Kenya continued importing maize (3,706.72MT) from Uganda, an increase in comparison to the previous weeks (2,835.42MT). Kenya currently has a lot of maize which has caused the price of maize to … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 22nd June 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Kenya imported a lot of maize from Uganda, the maize was mostly destined for Mombasa, Kenya. The millers are taking advantage of the low prices in Uganda to stock up for … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 15 June 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis There was no recorded trade exports of rice, groundnuts, sorghum, and beans from Tanzania to Uganda. The price of Nyayo, Wairimu, cowpeas, and green grams in Nairobi continues to decline as … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 8 June 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Unusual trade flows during the week was Uganda Yellow beans export to DRC (1,028.98MT). The Week’s Market Prices for Select Markets Table 1- Market Prices for Select Markets in the East … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 1st June 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of beans drastically fell in Kampala. According to Farmgain Africa the beans market price dropped to its lowest in the last 5 years. The price of pigeon peas and … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 25th May 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis There was increased soya beans trade during the week, Uganda exported (93.87MT) to Rwanda. Many traders reported high prices and difficulties in sourcing for soya beans in Uganda due to limited … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 18 May 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Uganda’s mixed beans exports to DRC drastically increased from 31MT the first week of May 2018 to 207MT during the third week of May 2018. Tanzania is increasingly exporting more … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 11 May 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of mixed beans increased last week, signalling a decrease of last season’s beans harvest as most traders clear their stock in anticipation of the new harvest. In Kenya; Meru, … Continue reading
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 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 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
