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During the 2023-24 production year, grains and oilseeds experienced a bad year, with production declining approximately 22.5% for maize and 33.5% for soybeans from the previous year.
The Port of Durban is receiving a shipment of imported white maize – the first import of the grain since March 2017, when South Africa was experiencing a severe drought.
The African Baza, a bulk carrier sailing under the Bahamas flag, is currently offloading 23, 700 tons of white maize produced in the US, while another vessel containing 46, 000 tonnes of white maize is expected in February. The current imports are necessitated by poor crops and record-high grain exports to Zimbabwe in 2024.
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During the 2023-24 production year, grains and oilseeds experienced a bad year, with production declining approximately 22.5% for maize and 33.5% for soybeans from the previous year. The Crop Estimates Committee in November 2024 estimated white maize production at just over six million tonnes – down 29.3% from the previous year – and yellow maize at 6.716 million tonnes (down 15.4%).
