Munya now allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 0:01
By GERALD ANDAE
Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya.
Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya said Monday the government had considered the views of millers, who had requested a two-month window for imports.
The low duty importation window was to run up to May 30, allowing local millers to ship in two million bags of each of white and yellow maize.
Millers had already warned last week that the price of flour would go up in the absence of imports to bridge the local deficit.
“There is a likelihood of imports overlapping with the short rain crop from South Rift as importation window might spread to August and this will impact negatively on farmers,” he said.
