{"id":5512,"date":"2018-05-01T01:52:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2018-05-01T01:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T22:55:09","slug":"5512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=5512","title":{"rendered":"East Africa Regional Grain Trade Analysis for the Week Ending 28th April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 28 April 2018<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The week saw an unusual increase of Sorghum and Millet exports from Uganda to Kenya, in comparison to the previous week.<\/li>\n<li>The price of a bag of dry maize in Nairobi, drastically dropped to Ksh2,100\/90kg bag, which left a number of traders stranded with maize in Nairobi.<\/li>\n<li>The price of fresh maize, continued to increase to Ksh40($0.4)\/maize cob. Tanzania traders continue to enjoy handsome profits from fresh maize, while dry maize traders cannot find markets.<\/li>\n<li>There was a nearly 300% increase of Maize exports from Tanzania to Kenya in comparison to the previous week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-28-April-2018web-768x210.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Table 1- Market Prices for Select Markets in the East Africa Region for the Week Ending 28 April 2018, US$1=Ksh100.25<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Opportunities <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Betta Grains continues to receive various request to buy and sell commodities. Below is a table listing some of our clients request to find buyers and sellers.\u00a0 Kindly visit our eDuka page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?page_id=1236\">https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?page_id=1236<\/a> for a more up to date list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-28-April-2018-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-28-April-2018-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-28-April-2018-web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-28-April-2018-web-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-28-April-2018-web-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author; Fostina Mani, Betta Grains. <a href=\"mailto:Fostina.Mani@bettagrains.com\">Fostina.Mani@bettagrains.com<\/a>, Twitter: @FostinaMani.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Acknowledgment:\u00a0 The data used for the analysis has been obtained from; IAM, Government of Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock &amp; Fisheries, Government of Tanzania, Ministry of Trade and Industry, EAGC, RATIN, Farm Gain Uganda, FEWS NET, \u00a0&amp; Betta Grains.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Disclaimer. <\/em><em>Due to unavailable of data on various border points on formal cross-border trade flows and volumes in the public arena.\u00a0 The volumes indicated above are mostly from the informal cross-border data that is available to the public.\u00a0 The purpose of the analysis, is simply to provide an indication of the East Africa Regional Trade flow to SMEs, Smallholder Farmers, and Other Stakeholders in a manner and language that is applicable, simple, and makes sense. Those desiring to obtain actual trade volumes are advised to contact various internationally funded government projects that have been mandated to provide the regional trade data for public good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Betta Grains 2018<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 28 April 2018 The Week\u2019s Market Analysis The week saw an unusual increase of Sorghum and Millet exports from Uganda to Kenya, in comparison to the previous week. 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