Key highlights from this edition include:*
Food Security Update
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A total of 227,348 MT worth of commodities, including wheat, maize, soybean, and sunflower meal, were shipped to Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in May 2023
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High fuel and food prices continue to limit purchasing power in East Africa.
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Ongoing harvests improving food access across Southern Africa, but food prices still high.
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Cereal prices in the Sahel remain high due to declining stocks, high production costs, and restrictions on grain exports.
Food Trade
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Tanzania has issued a new directive for the trading of agricultural crops, by banning the purchase of agricultural produce, especially cereals, directly from farms by foreign traders. Foreign traders are, however, allowed to purchase the produce under outlined procedures.
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Uganda dairy exporters raise the alarm over a move by Kenya’s dairy regulator to stop issuing permits for Ugandan dairy products in the KenTrade system.
Commodity Prices
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In East Africa, food commodity prices remain high in most countries, except Tanzania.
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In Southern Africa, prices of food commodities have begun to decline as the harvest period kicks in. In West Africa, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Niger report low food prices.