Zimbabwe will import corn from China
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Last Update: 2002-05-21
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: the 28000 tons of yellow corn worth US $3.8 million imported by Zimbabwe grain marketing bureau from South Africa has arrived This is part of 200000 tons of corn ordered and imported by Tianjin grain sales bureau last month, with a total value of 25 million US dollars Countries in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana are facing food shortages because of the continuing drought in southern Africa early this year In recent months, countries have imported grain from South Africa, resulting in a sharp decrease in the stock of white jade rice in South Africa At present, Zimbabwe has to import only yellow corn at a price of $137 per ton Until the next harvest season in May 2003, Zimbabwe had a food shortage of about 1.5 million tons, which could not meet the huge food demand only by South Africa Therefore, the government of Zimbabwe also plans to import a large amount of food from Brazil, Kenya and China.
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