Commodity & Trade Updates

Malawi is considering importing Kazakh wheat, a move that could give Kazakhstan its first recorded wheat market in sub-Saharan Africa after years of sales concentrated in North Africa.

Ethiopia imports about 80% of the rice it consumes, while the government aims to reach 1.93 million tonnes of paddy rice output by 2030.

The program also aims to reduce Togo’s dependence on rice imports, with domestic milled rice production covering only about half of national demand in 2023.

Rapeseed and sunflower oil exports are expected to increase 8% and 15%, respectively.

Ghana has lined up two fertilizer projects that could sharply expand domestic production, including a 500,000-ton plant in the Eastern Region and a separate US$10 million organic fertilizer facility.