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- The Government has recently confirmed a 10 percent tax on exports of white maize grain. The introduction of the export duty was first announced in January [...]
- The Government decided on January 27 to further reduce the existing tax on imported rice with immediate effect. The levy was already reduced earlier in January [...]
- The Government has auctioned on 15 September a 50 000 tonnes of maize from its state reserves. This follows a previous auction for a same volume [...]
- In mid-February 2022, the Government of Zimbabwe lifted the import ban on maize, which had been introduced in June 2021 (FPMA Food Policies). The measure comes [...]
- The Ministry of Economy and Finance recently announced the temporary suspension of the Value Added Tax on imported rice. Rice is a staple food in the [...]
- The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), a corporate body in charge of regulating the energy sector, lowered prices of petroleum products, effective from 5 February. The [...]
- A new outbreak of avian flu in some farms in the United States state of Iowa has resulted in Mexican authorities taking measures restricting imports of [...]
- The State Agency for Material Resources under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) has increased the procurement price of high quality wheat from AZN 270 (USD [...]
- In Western Africa, prices of locally-produced sorghum, millet and maize remained mostly stable in August and were significantly below the corresponding period last year, reflecting adequate [...]
- On 30 September, the Government raised the minimum price of a 50 kg bag of wheat by almost 150 percent as an incentive to farmers in [...]