What is the price of rice per kilogram/pound in Malawi today?
The retail price range for Malawi rice is between US$ 0.95 and US$ 1.91 per kilogram or between US$ 0.43 and US$ 0.87 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of rice in Malawi
The retail price range in Malawi Kwacha for rice is between MWK 984.02 and MWK 1,968.04 per kilogram or between MWK 446.27 and MWK 892.54 per pound(lb) in Lilongwe and Blantyre.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Malawi rice is between US$ 0.67 and US$ 1.34 per kilogram or between US$ 0.30 and US$ 0.61 per pound(lb).
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Malawi Rice Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Rice from Malawi over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 0.52 US $ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 1.18 US $ per kg in 2018. The price then dropped to 0.79 US $ per kg in 2020, before rising again to 1.04 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of Rice from Malawi will continue to fluctuate in the coming years. We can predict that the export price of Rice from Malawi in 2023 will be around 1.20 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 0.90 US $ per kg.The Malawi rice exports are classified as:
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
Malawi Rice Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Rice into Malawi over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 0.52 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 1.18 US dollars per kg in 2018. This was followed by a slight decrease to 1.04 US dollars per kg in 2021. Overall, the import price of Rice into Malawi has seen a steady increase over the last five years. If this trend continues, it is likely that the import price of Rice into Malawi will be around 1.20 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 1.25 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Malawi rice
The total values in export for rice in Malawi were US$ 178, US$ 300, US$ 282 and US$ 196 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Malawi: Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Malawi rice - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Malawi shipped 166 tonnes of rice. In 2019 alone, the demand for Malawi rice (cereals/grains category) has shrunk, flactuating by -28.448 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rice's exports went down by -58.08% bringing the country US$0.20m for the year 2019. Malawi's rice exports are categorised as:
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
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Malawi rice export values
In 2019, Malawi sold rice worth 0.20m USD, a decrease of -29.08% from 2018's total rice export of 0.282m USD. The yearly change in value of Malawi rice between 2017 to 2018 was -6%.
The yearly variation in the amount of Malawi's rice exports between 2017 and 2019 was -58.08 percent in comparison to a variation of -28.448% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Malawi rice ( in '000$ )
Malawi's leading export markets for rice are South Africa, United Kingdom (UK), Haiti, Zambia and Tanzania.
Malawi imported 12,440 tonnes of rice in 2019.
Production
The production of rice in Malawi was 886,844 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of 18.42%. The country had an estimated 598,896.00 hectares under rice cultivation.