‘No risk yet’ to SA’s rice and wheat imports
CAPE TOWN – There was no risk yet to South Africa’s rice and wheat imports despite some countries reducing exports amid the uncertain global economy and in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Agricultural Business Chamber economist Wandile Sihlobo.
Sihlobo said global rice production this year was predicted to be much the same as last year, at about 500 million tons.
South Africa imports about 1 million tons of rice a year, 70 percent of which comes from Thailand, 20 percent from India, and the rest from other Asian countries such as Cambodia and Vietnam.
Source: iol.co.za