{"id":11861,"date":"2022-08-13T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T14:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswanas-food-imports-amounted-to-over-p800k-in-may"},"modified":"2022-08-13T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T15:52:57","slug":"botswanas-food-imports-amounted-to-over-p800k-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswanas-food-imports-amounted-to-over-p800k-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Botswana\u2019s Food Imports amounted to Over P800K in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Botswana\u2019s total imports in May were valued at P8.3 billion P871 386 363 of which was for food, says Statistics Botswana in its Food Imports Report of May 2022 released recently.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCereals and Beverages, Spirits &amp; Vinegar accounted for 19.7 percent and 16.1 percent of food imports, respectively,\u201d the report notes. \u201cDairy Produce, Birds\u2019 Eggs, Natural Honey, Edible Products of Animal Origin not Elsewhere Specified or Included, followed with 8.2 percent each.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Cereals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The most imported types of Cereals were Wheat &amp; Meslin, Other than Durum Wheat, Other than seed accounting for 47.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaize, Other than Seed and Semi-Milled or Wholly Milled Rice, Whether or not Polished or Glazed, followed with a contribution of 32.3 percent and 15.3 percent respectively,\u201d the report shows,<\/p>\n<p>For Beverages, Spirits &amp; Vinegar, the most imported were Beverages, Fermented (e.g. Cider, Perry, Mead, Sake), accounting for 33.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeer Made from Malt and Waters, including Mineral &amp; Aerated, containing added Sugar or Other Sweetening Matter followed with 19.8 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively,\u201d the Statistics Botswana report indicates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Botswana\u2019s total imports in May were valued at P8.3 billion P871 386 363 of which was for food, says Statistics Botswana in its Food Imports Report of May 2022 released recently. \u201cCereals and Beverages, Spirits &amp; Vinegar accounted for 19.7 percent and 16.1 percent of food imports, respectively,\u201d the report notes. \u201cDairy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-11861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Botswana\u2019s Food Imports amounted to Over P800K in May - 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