Food imports reach P7.8bn
Monday, October 24, 2022 | 840 Views |
Comparisons with the trends over the same period are difficult to make as data for two months in 2021 is missing.
However, numbers made available this week by Statistics Botswana indicate that from a figure of P871.4 million in May, the country’s food import bill ballooned to P2.3 billion in June.
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