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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 17 oil and soap production companies in Inhambane, southern Mozambique, may close due to a shortage of coconut \u2013 their main raw material \u2013 in the market, an official source said on Wednesday (18-05).<\/p>\n

Provincial Director of Agriculture and Fisheries Francisco Feijao argues that the reduction in the supply of coconut to the industrial sector is due to the increased commercialisation of raw coconut, a market traders seem to prefer for reasons linked to both price and ease of sale.<\/p>\n

Copra (dried coconut pulp) is sold to oil and soap production companies for five meticais (\u20ac0.07) per unit, while fresh coconuts sell in the streets and local markets for 12 to 20 meticais (\u20ac0.17 to \u20ac0.29), the official quoted in yesterday\u2019s edition of \u2018Not\u00edcias\u2019 said.<\/p>\n

The difference in price is not lost on plantation owners, who have shied away from supplying the processing industry.<\/p>\n

The result, Feij\u00e3o explained, is a reduction in the production of coconut derivatives in Mozambique, with just one ton of coconut oil produced in 2020, against about 6,000 tons in 2018.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. A total of 17 oil and soap production companies in Inhambane, southern Mozambique, may close due to a shortage of coconut \u2013 their main raw material \u2013 in the market, an official source said on Wednesday (18-05). 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