Zambia has not banned maize exports to Zim

Zimbabwe can still import maize from private Zambian traders, who have large quantities of grain reserves for export, despite an export ban by the national food agency.

Executive director of Grain Traders’ Association of Zambia (GTAZ), Chambuleni Simwinga, said the neighbouring country’s Food Reserve Agency (FRA), which is mandated to secure strategic reserves for the nation and at times sell its maize to the local or export market, is currently supplying Zambian millers only.

Simwinga said the suspension of maize exports by FRA did not mean that other countries in the region could not import from Zambia.

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