The data was recently released in a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which also states that rice import requirements are estimated at an above average level of 780,000 tons, reflecting falling production and thus a moderately larger domestic supply gap.
Meanwhile, maize imports, both for food and feed use, are projected at 275 000 tons, slightly above the five-year average, with most of the imports coming from neighboring South Africa.
FAO report also indicates that imports of wheat, which is not grown in the country, are forecast at an average level of 650 000 tons, as a decline in stocks is expected to limit the growth of imports against a backdrop of high global prices.
“In the last three marketing years, wheat supplies from the Russian Federation and Ukraine have averaged 38 percent of total wheat imports. Mozambique may therefore face supply constraints as it seeks to secure supplies from alternative sources given the supply disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine and the subsequent increase in global prices,” the report indicates.
