Yesterday saw the arrival in South Africa of the largest shipment of white maize for the season from Mexico, report online sources.
“We have received 56 019 tonnes of white maize from Mexico, the largest shipment for the 2016/17 marketing season so far,” said Agricultural Business Chamber senior agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo, quoted by Bloomberg. “The shipment would go a long way to helping South Africa meet its demand for white maize,” he said.
The marketing season started at the beginning of April this year and will end on April 30 next year, according to the online news provider. White maize imported since the beginning of this month was 78 827 tonnes. South Africa intends to import 1.1 million tons of white maize for this marketing season.
