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*Grain Millers Hike Mealie Meal Price By 52 Percent*
https://www.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/13/grain-millers-hike-mealie-meal-price-by-52-percent/?article

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has increased the price of a 10kg bag of roller meal by 52 per cent and the price of a tonne of wheat bread flour has been hiked by 32 per cent.

In a statement, GMAZ chairman Tafadzwa Musarara said the price increases came after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) increased the price of maize and wheat. Reads the statement:

_With effect from Monday 11 April 2022, the price of grain from Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to Millers went up._

_Commercial white maize price increased by 50% to ZWD75,000 per metric tonne from ZWD 50,000 per metric tonne._

_Wheat rose by 17.8% to ZWD 66,000.00 per metric tonne from ZWD56,000 per metric ton._

_These increments are substantial and millers cannot absorb them. At its urgent virtual meeting on yesterday, the GMAZ Secretariat reported the following price movements;_

_a) 10 kg Roller Meal to increase by 52% to ZWD1, 665.00 from ZWD1,099.00_

_b) 1 tone of Wheat Bread flour to increase by 31% to ZWD 215,000 from ZWD 164,523 per metric tonne_

_These price increments are with immediate effect. However, individual millers and wholesale/retailers are free to negotiate price discounts._

_The costs of packaging, labour, transport, electricity and imported wheat continue to militate against price stabilization efforts._

_We assure the consuming public that our scientific computation model remains reasonable and justified and we have been restrained in our cost accumulation._

_The milling industry remains most indebted to the Ministries of Agriculture, Finance and Industry for the ongoing engagements which are aimed at achieving affordability and availability of our products._

_The subsisting global food inflation crisis is causing serious headwinds, and Zimbabwe is not spared._

_Similar price increases in Maize Meal and Bread flour are also being experienced in other regional countries such as Botswana, South Africa et al._

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