Weekly Market Guide
Issue No. 184, August 4th, 2014
Maize Price Trends (January-July 2014)
Average maize prices
450
Price/metric tonne US$
400
350
300
250
200
GMB
150
Private Buyers
100
50
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Month
Fig 1
Fig 1 shows the average price of maize being offered by Private buyers against GMB prices. The GMB prices
have remained almost constant whilst private buyers’ prices have decreased.
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Weekly maize prices
450
400
Price/metric tonne US$
350
300
250
GMB
200
Private Buyer
150
100
50
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Month
May
June
July
Fig 2
Fig 2 shows the prices of one selected buyer against the prices being offered by GMB.
THE MARKET
Table 1: Buyers of Farm Produce
Buying
Company
Staywell Trading
Percy +263772235558
Tom +263778854693
Ralph +263777288756
Brendan+ 263774175974
Commodity
Price/Unit
$285
$280
$530
$520
Payment Terms
14 Days
Cash on Delivery
14 Days
Cash on Delivery
$430
30 Days
Harare
Sugarbeans
$1200
14 Days Transfer
Harare
Wheat Bran
$190
To be announced
Harare
Groundnuts
$900
To be announced
Harare
$280
14 Days Transfer
Harare
$275
14 Days Transfer
Harare
$270
14 Days Transfer
Harare
$510
14 Days Transfer
Harare
Soya beans
$500
$490
7 Days Transfer
24 Hrs Textacash
Harare
Soyabeans
$450
Cash on Delivery
Harare
White maize
Soya beans
Wheat
(premium)
White Maize A/B
Kurima Gold
White Maize C
Tel: +2634/662392/663501
White Maize D
Tinashe: +263778712580
Elisha: +263779157398
Jacques: +263772382028
Tecnet Holding
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Doubt +263713387987/
+263772872052
Maize
$255
Cash on Delivery
Harare
Table 2: Farm Produce Selling/Buying
Produce for Sale
Maize 30 tonnes Umguza
Contacts
E Mwanza +263 772 225 229
Maize 120 tonnes Bindura
B Kadonzvo +263 773 025 397
Table 3: Agritex Mash Central Prices (USD) 04/08/2014
Crop
Grains &
Pulses
Brown rice
Cowpeas
G/nuts (shelled)
G/nuts
(unshelled)
G/nuts fresh
Maize (grain)
Maize Meal
Mhunga
Rapoko
Roundnuts (fresh)
Roundnuts
(shelled)
Roundnuts
(unshelled)
Sorghum
Soya beans
Sugar beans
Wheat
Unit of
measure
Chipadze Mazowe
Rushinga
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
ns
12.00
21.00
ns
17.50
ns
ns
14.00
18.00
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
10kg
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
6.00
ns
5.00
6.50
12.00
12.00
ns
ns
ns
4.50
6.50
ns
ns
ns
4.00
ns
6.00
7.00
7.00
ns
ns
20 litre tin
ns
ns
17.00
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
20 litre tin
ns
12.00
12.00
24.00
ns
ns
ns
8.00
18.00
ns
8.00
7.00
ns
25.00
ns
pocket
Head
pack
head
bundle
cup
Head
each
5 bulbs
500g pocket
dozen
500g
15 kg pocket
20 litre tin
pocket
ns
ns
2.00
1.00
1.00
0.50
ns
0.10
0.50
0.50
ns
0.50
10.00
6.00
13.50
ns
1.20
2.00
0.50
1.00
ns
1.00
0.25
1.00
0.70
2.50
2.50
10.00
6.00
9.00
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
ns
1.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
3.00
ns
10.00
ns
8.00
Muzarabani
Mt
Darwin
ns
13.00
20.00
ns
8.00
20.00
ns
14.00
12.00
6.00
ns
6.00
6.00
ns
18.00
ns
5.00
ns
4.00
6.50
ns
16.00
25.00
5.00
ns
8.00
7.00
10.00
ns
ns
Shamva
ns
ns
ns
7.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
8.00
9.00
25.00
ns
ns
ns
14.00
25.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
ns
ns
ns
0.10
ns
ns
2.00
ns
11.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
1.00
ns
1.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
1.00
ns
11.00
ns
8.00
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.50
ns
0.20
1.00
1.00
ns
ns
10.00
ns
9.00
Vegetables
Baby Marrow
Broccoli
Butternut
Cabbage
Carrots
Chillies
Cauliflower
Cucumber
Garlic
Green Beans
Green mealies
Green pepper
Irish Potatoes
Mufushwa
Onion (Dry)
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Crop
Unit of
measure
Onion (Green)
Rape/ covo
Shallots
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Spinach
Lettuce
bundle
bundle
bundle
20 litre tin
10-12 kg box
bundle
head
Chipadze Mazowe
ns
ns
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
7.00
5.00
5.00
6.00
ns
0.50
ns
0.50
Rushinga Muzarabani
1.00
ns
0.50
0.50
1.00
ns
6.00
5.00
10.00
8.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
Mt
Darwin
ns
0.50
ns
ns
10.00
ns
ns
Shamva
0.50
0.50
0.50
5.00
12.00
0.50
ns
Fruits
Apples
Mangoes
Avocado
Banana
Naatjie
Peaches
Guava
Lemons
Oranges
Strawberry
each
20 litre tin/ box
large/each
box (18kgs)
pocket
pocket/ each
20 litre tin
dozen
pocket
kg
0.20
ns
ns
8.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
ns
0.20
ns
0.20
8.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
2.50
ns
0.25
ns
0.50
9.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
2.00
ns
0.25
ns
ns
12.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
8.00
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
0.30
ns
0.20
8.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
ns
crate
bird
fresh/litre
each
beast/per live
mass
each
5.50
6.00
1.00
35.00
5.00
6.00
1.00
35.00
6.00
7.00
1.00
20.00
5.00
6.00
1.00
23.00
5.00
6.00
1.00
27.00
5.00
6.00
1.00
35.00
400.00
45.00
350.00
50.00
250.00
35.00
280.00
35.00
420.00
40.00
370.00
50.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
ns
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
ns
4.00
ns
ns
ns
2.00
ns
ns
ns
1.00
1.00
ns
ns
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
ns
2.00
Livestock
Eggs
Chicken
milk
Goats
Cattle
Sheep
Other
Seasonal
Produce
Macimbi
Masau
Matemba
Okra
Pumpkin
Sugar Cane
500g
pocket
cup
kg
each
dozen stalks
Source: Agritex Mash Central
Zimbabwe Farmers Union
Head Office, 102 Fife Avenue/Sam Nujoma, Harare
Phone: 263771564554-5
Email: [email protected]
The leading farmer representative body in Zimbabwe
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