Namibia imported cereal grains valued at N$630.8 million in the third quarter of 2025, marking a 12.1% decline from the N$717.8 million recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2024, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).
In its Agriculture and Fishing Indicators Statistical Bulletin for the third quarter, the NSA said maize was the most imported grain during the period, with imports valued at N$310.6 million. Wheat followed closely at N$305.8 million, while rice imports amounted to N$3.5 million.
The bulk of cereal grain imports during the quarter were sourced from South Africa, which accounted for 41.1%, followed by Latvia at 33.4% and the United States of America at 12.0%, the bulletin showed.
Meanwhile, total exports of agronomy products in the third quarter of 2025 were valued at just N$0.1 thousand, representing a sharp decline of 99.8% from the N$75.5 thousand recorded in the same period last year.
“Export earnings were mostly from maize, which accounted for 81.9% of total export earnings,” the NSA said. “Cereal grain exports during the third quarter of 2025 were largely destined for South Africa, which accounted for 81.9%, and the commodity exported was maize (corn).”
The NSA reported that total agronomy production in the third quarter of 2025 stood at 34,487 tonnes, up from 7,379 tonnes in the corresponding quarter of 2024.
“This translates into a 367.4% increase in production levels. The performance is attributed to both white maize and millet, which recorded robust growth of 347.5% and 1,067.1%, respectively,” the agency said.
White maize production reached 32,107 tonnes during the quarter, compared with 7,175 tonnes a year earlier. Millet production followed, rising to 2,381 tonnes from 204 tonnes in the corresponding quarter of 2024.
“There was no production of wheat during the quarter under review, as was also the case in the corresponding quarter of 2024,” the NSA noted.
