South Africa is unlikely to meet its maize export target for the 2025-26 marketing year, which ends this month.
This is according to Agbiz chief economist, Wandile Sihlobo, who writes in his latest blog that the challenge is not that the country has insufficient maize outputs but rather because demand is fairly weak due to ample global maize supplies.
South Africas maize exports to the Far East markets such as Vietnam, Taiwan, and South Korea, amongst others, have been rather weak this year. We have enjoyed better demand within the African continent, Sihlobo says.
