ZIMBABWE Price Bulletin October 2020
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five‐year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Maize grain and maize flour are the main foods consumed by all households in Zimbabwe. These food items are both produced locally and imported from neighboring countries particularly in the south western provinces of the country. The markets monitored are the main markets that offer both wholesale and retail supply in the respective regions of the country. Mbare in Harare is the largest market for the country which also supplies other markets, and representative of Mashonaland Central, West and East which are surplus producing areas; Kombayi in Gweru represents markets in central Zimbabwe covering Midlands province, Sakubva in Mutare is the main link market in the eastern part of the country mainly along the border with Mozambique. Mucheke in Masvingo, Renkini in Bulawayo, and Gwanda markets are the main supply markets in the south western Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges provinces of Masvingo, Matebeleland North and South MoAMID‐AGRITEX, Zimbabwe for the market data provinces. and information used to produce this report for areas outside of Harare. Market and price data From 2009 until early 2019, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe from Harare, Zimbabwe are collected by FEWS implemented a multicurrency system. All price data were NET enumerators. reported in USD. FEWS NET assumes a 1:1 exchange rate between the ZWL and USD during that time. During the first half of 2019, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe transitioned away from a multicurrency system and all prices are now collected and reported in ZWL.
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Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Harare, Mbare Gweru, Kombayi 45.0 40.0 40.0 35.0 35.0 30.0
30.0 25.0
25.0 20.0 ZWL/kg 20.0
ZWL/kg 15.0 15.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Mutare, Sakubva Masvingo, Mucheke 50.0 40.0 45.0 35.0 40.0 30.0 35.0
25.0 30.0
25.0 20.0 20.0 ZWL/kg 15.0 ZWL/kg 15.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Bulawayo, Renkini Harare, Mbare 40.0 60.0
35.0 50.0 30.0 40.0 25.0
20.0 30.0 ZWL/kg
ZWL/kg 15.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Gweru, Kombayi Mutare, Sakubva 45.0 60.0 40.0 50.0 35.0 30.0 40.0
25.0 30.0
20.0 ZWL/kg ZWL/kg 15.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Masvingo, Mucheke Bulawayo, Renkini 45.0 60.0 40.0 50.0 35.0 40.0
30.0
25.0 30.0
20.0 ZWL/kg ZWL/kg 15.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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Roller Maize Meal: Nominal retail prices in Gwanda, Gwanda town 60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0 ZWL/kg 20.0
10.0
0.0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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