From the first quarter of next year, Boer beans will be exported via the Mozambique Commodities Exchange (BMM).
The information was made public this Wednesday, 29 November, by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, in response to a question from a member of Parliament from the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) on the marketing of this agricultural product.
Silvino Moreno explained that, at the moment, “exports have been interrupted due to a lawsuit filed by one of the companies exporting bóer beans to India, which is defending the maintenance of quotas, against the Indian government’s decision to liberalise its marketing”.
A few days ago, the president of the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA), Agostinho Vuma, appealed to the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, to liberalise the export of bóer beans, highlighting the many constraints faced in the process of selling the product, especially to India.
“We send this message of hope that the government, in the person of the President of the Republic, will intervene and take a firm decision on the liberalisation of the export of bóer beans,” he said during the opening of the Economic Briefing.
According to the source, “the constraints faced in agricultural commercialisation range from logistical issues to access to phytosanitary certificates, as well as the issue of managing export quotas”.
However, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) revealed in a statement that the country exported 232,000 tonnes of pigeon peas in the period from 1 January to 21 November 2023.
