AreaMalawi

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date24/09/2018

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentGovernment market intervantion

DescriptionAnnounced that maize grain held by the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC), a Government parastatal that procures and sells cereals, will be sold at MWK 170 per kg (USD 233.8 per tonne). This is more than 30 percent below the previous level of MWK 250 per kg (USD 343.8 per tonne), in place since October 2016.