Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
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Food and agricultural exports constitute about 21 percent of national merchandise
exports, and the composition of agricultural trade has changed substantially since the
early 1990s . Imports of wheat and vegetable oils (palm and soybean oil) have
grown significantly, while maize imports declined after domestic maize production
increased. The export base has diversified well beyond the relatively narrow range of
commodities exported in the early 1990s. Today, tobacco and sugar are the largest
agricultural exports, followed by sesame seeds, cotton lint, and cashews.
TABLE 5: MOZAMBIQUE’S TOP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY VALUE (2005 US$ THOUSANDS)
Source: Authors’ calculations, based on FAOSTAT (FAO 2014) and World Development Indicators (World Bank
2014h).
Note: * denotes that data were not available for all years.
FIGURE 12: DAILY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CALORIES IN MOZAMBIQUE,
1980–2009
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO 2014).
Imports
Average
(1989–91)
Average
(2009–11) Exports
Average
(1989–91)
Average
(2009–11)
Wheat 30,048 101,348 Tobacco, unmanufactured n/a 167,204
Oil, palm 24,714 48,387 Sugar, raw centrifugal 7,642 86,450
Food prep nes n/a 42,967 Sesame seed n/a 34,287
Sugar, refined 21,589 41,179 Cotton lint 8,300 30,640
Oil, soybean 3,349 30,905 Cashew nuts, shelled 16,781 18,533
Maize 69,241 24,659 Flour, wheat n/a 12,418
Cake, soybeans n/a 20,077 Molasses 20* 10,745
Meat, chicken 1,535 18,969 Bananas 50* 8,272
Tobacco,
unmanufactured 1,259 17,940 Sugar, refined n/a 5,467
Sugar confectionery n/a 13,509 Groundnuts, shelled 190 4,190
Wine 4,309 13,388 Cottonseed n/a 3,486
Cigarettes n/a 11,512 Maize n/a 3,134