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1:51 CAT | 28 Apr 2022
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Exports of agricultural products in the first quarter of 2022 increased in value by about US$80 million compared to the same period in 2021, a 87.56% rise mainly fuelled by cashew nuts (28%), pigeon peas (18%), tobacco (10%), sugar (8%) and bananas (7%).
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to which ‘Carta’ has had access, show that, in nominal terms, exports of various agricultural products reached US$173.2 million in the first quarter, against US$93 million in the same period of 2021.
Breaking down the numbers, data shows cashew nut exports to India, China, Vietnam and South Africa reaching US$48.4 million. Next came pigeon peas, whose exports, mainly to India, China and Vietnam, were valued at US$31.3 million.
Tobacco exports to Belgium, South Africa, the USA, Zimbabwe and South Korea, reached US$17 million in the first quarter of the year, while sugar, which is most sold to the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, generated earnings of US$13.8 million in the period under analysis.
Bananas, exported mainly to South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Germany, generated US$12.8 million.
Exports of other products from January to March totalled US$49.8 million in value.
Source: Carta de Moçambique
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