Excessive imports of grain hurting local farmers – Grain SA
Grain farmers association Grain SA has called for greater transparency in the reporting of import and export contracts, as local producers' competitiveness was being hampered by unchecked imports.
“Currently there is no mechanism to report import and export contracts. This is totally one-sided and only the traders have access to this information and the producers don’t.
“A great number of permits for US genetically modified organism (GMO) maize imports were [recently] issued; however, the same GMO events are not available to local producers. Such exceptions should only be made at times when food security is at risk,” the organisation argued, adding that excessive imports of maize would only put prices under further pressure.
“This is detrimental to the profitability of local grain producers, who are already facing pressures from a dry and difficult season,” it said.
Further, Grain SA noted that the imports caused great uncertainty and allowed market players to force the market in a certain direction.
“We feel strongly that a free market system can only function optimally if the market information is available to all role-players all the time. The declaration of import and export contracts, as well as changes to it, remains crucial to the market,” Grain SA said.
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