Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 24 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of rice in Nairobi dropped by Ksh10(0.09)$/kg to Ksh141($1.40)/kg during the week ending 24 August 2018. There was a huge reduction of beans export from Uganda to Kenya (478MT) … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 17 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Unusually large volumes of maize bran was exported from DRC (2,604MT) to Rwanda, the week ending August 17, 2018. There was a drastic reduction in the maize and beans … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 3 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Price of beans continues to drastically fall, yellow beans reached record low of Ksh71($0.70)/kg in Nairobi, Kenya. Yellow beans normally sell at Ksh90($0.89)/kg in Nairobi. The price of green grams have … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 27 July 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis There was a drastic reduction in the number of beans exported from Uganda to Kenya, this is mostly due to reduced beans sales as there is plenty of food in Kenya, … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis Kenya continues to import a lot of maize and beans from Uganda, despite reports of the country having a lot of food. The price of beans has drastically fallen, with yellow beans retailing at a record low Ksh78($0.77)/kg. Most farmers are holding on to their crops … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 13 July 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Lubumbashi, DRC, had the highest wholesale prices of red beans Ksh251($2.50)/kg, and groundnuts Ksh263($2.62)/kg. There was a drastic reduction of trade volumes exported from Uganda to Kenya, and Uganda to Rwanda. … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 6 July 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The week’s unusual trade flow was Zambia exported a lot of groundnuts (263.4MT) to DRC through Kasumbalesa border. Zambia also continued exporting a lot more maize meal (337.5MT) to DRC. Rwanda … Continue reading
