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Economic and agribusiness intelligence
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Food and beverages manufacturing output shows moderate gains
Recent data from Statistics South Africa indicates that the food and beverages sector's manufacturing output increased by 2% year-on-year (y/y) in June 2016.
This sector consists of five sub-sectors, namely (1) meat, fish, fruit, etc., (2) dairy products, (3) grain mill products, (4) beverages and (5) other food products. The largest annual output was recorded in the beverages sub-sector, up by 4.7% y/y in June 2016. The meat, fish, fruit, etc., grain mill products and other food products subsectors showed increases of 2.9% y/y, 1.9% y/y and 1.6% y/y, respectively. Meanwhile, production of dairy products output declined by 7.9 y/y.
Wandile Sihlobo, Head of Agribusiness Intelligence at Agbiz, provides more information in the linked update»
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Global and domestic rice market conditions
 South Africa is a net importer of rice. The country's rice imports increased by 13% over the past 15 years, from 544 351 tons in 2001 to 615 805 tons in 2015. In the first quarter of 2016, rice imports reached 194 331 tons, which is 15% lower than corresponding period last year and the lowest quarterly import volume since Q2, 2014. Wandile Sihlobo, provides more information in the linked brief»
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Daily market viewpoint on agri-commodities
South Africa is very much integrated into a dynamic global market, which is characterised by rapid changes. To support decision makers in this environment, Agbiz members receive daily commentaries on agricultural commodity markets and macro-economic trends via e-mail. The latest and historic commentaries are available on the Agbiz website www.agbiz.co.za |
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Weekly wrap of agri-commodities
In addition to Agbiz's daily commentaries on agricultural commodity markets and macro-economic trends that members receive via e-mail, Agbiz will o n Fridays consolidate all the weekly key events in the South African agricultural markets in a RSA Agricultural Commodities Weekly Wrap.
The latest wrap is available on the Agbiz website www.agbiz.co.za
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