{"id":5555,"date":"2018-05-28T18:36:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T15:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2018-05-28T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T16:59:10","slug":"east-africa-regional-grain-trade-analysis-for-the-week-ending-25th-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=5555","title":{"rendered":"East Africa Regional Grain Trade Analysis for the Week Ending 25th May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EA-Trade-Analysis-for-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-768x462.png 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 25<sup>th<\/sup> May 2018<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There was increased soya beans trade during the week, Uganda exported (93.87MT) to Rwanda.<\/li>\n<li>Many traders reported high prices and difficulties in sourcing for soya beans in Uganda due to limited stocks of old harvest. Many Ugandan\u2019s reported increased prices, which resulted in increased demand of Tanzania\u2019s soya beans.<\/li>\n<li>Uganda is expecting the new soya beans harvest towards the end of June to early July 2018.<\/li>\n<li>An unusual trade flow pattern during the week was increased export of Yellow beans from Uganda to DRC (582.47MT), and Uganda to Tanzania (380MT).<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania exported unusually large volumes of rice (3,104.4MT) to Uganda. According to Farmgain Africa the large volumes resulted in a decrease in the price of Super rice in Kampala and other towns along Mbarara-Kampala.<\/li>\n<li>There was increased millet export from Uganda (1,353.95MT) to Kenya.<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania\u2019s ground nuts exports to Kenya increased to 300MT during the week from 115MT the previous week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Prices for Select Markets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Table-Market-Analysis-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-768x218.jpg 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 25<sup>th<\/sup> May 2018, US$1=Ksh101.41<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Opportunities <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Betta Grains continues to receive various request to buy and sell commodities.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eDuka-Week-Ending-25-May-2018web-768x792.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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 25th May 2018 The Week\u2019s Market Analysis There was increased soya beans trade during the week, Uganda exported (93.87MT) to Rwanda. 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