Post by Trade facilitator on Aug 22, 2022 10:44:31 GMT 1
Nigeria is currently the world’s largest producer of yam. The country produced 50.1 million metric tonnes in 2020 according to TRIDGE.
Infrastructure and quality control are the main threats to Nigeria’s yam export drive – poor quality control had always been the bane of Nigeria’s export drive.
Ghana is now world’s second largest exporter of yam – Tridge
Ghana Exim Bank to invest $10m into yam export
The country realized $48 million from yam export in 2021; and report has it that USA imports yam from Ghana.
Nigeria’s long-term ambition to be a major yam exporting country had always been threatened by poor infrastructure and lack of adequate quality control.
Why yam does not feature among the list of major traded agricultural commodities from Nigeria is still a mystery to me.
Let us not bring the issue of bandits and insurgency because in 2017 banditry and insurgency had not gotten to this level still the country failed in the venture.
This is what happened in 2017!
According to the Sunnewsonline, an attempt to export 72 tonnes of yams from Nigeria to Europe and the United States of America in June 2017 failed as the produce got to their destination in a bad shape, leading to their rejection.
Circa 2017:
Sad story of Nigeria’s yam export to America
On June 29, Nigeria began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its oil-dependent economy and earn the much-needed foreign exchange.
The initial purpose of the yam programme was to earn foreign exchange in the region of $10.0 billion annually over the next four (4) years.
The excitement of the yam adventure came as the country struggles to shrug off the European Union (EU) ban on Nigeria beans which is yet to be lifted. But just recently, reports had it that sixty-seven processed and semi-processed food products of Nigeria origin exported to the EU were rejected in 2015 and 2016.
The rejected food items include brown and white beans, melon seeds, palm oil, mushrooms, bitter leaf, Ugu leaves, shelled groundnut, smoked catfish and crayfish.
Beyond all these arguments, nothing can be more embarrassing than hearing the 72 tonnes of yam that left the shores of Nigeria through Apapa port to United States in June were also rejected. Despite the euphoria that greeted the historic export that was officially flagged off by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos, the yams were found to be rotten upon arrival in the US.
However, in an attempt to get to the root cause of this national embarrassment, the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has said the Federal Government would investigate the poor quality of consignment of yams exported from Nigeria to the United States saying the ministry is not an exporter, the exporters are private people.
The ministry does not need to be an exporter but needs to set up regulatory bodies to monitor quality and other requirements by importing countries. You cannot just sit in the comfort of your office and want things to magically go well; this is wishful thinking.
However, investigation revealed that both local and international exporters involved in the yam export programme include Messrs Wan-Nyikwagh Farms Nig. Ltd, Gboko, Nigeria and Oklanbest Limited, Ibadan, Nigeria; off-takers including Messrs ADES African Foods and Drinks, United Kingdom, Horizon Beeps Associates Ltd., Texas, USA, Glorious Expression, Georgia, USA, Vine Global Import & Export, Georgia, USA, Zuka Trading and Distribution Co Inc., California, USA.
Then what went wrong?
In this forum we have always been telling our members about top notch quality assurance when exporting to EU and the Americas. They can never compromise quality as far as food products are concerned.
What Ghana is currently doing! How difficult is it to find out what Ghana is doing that we are not doing right?
According to reports, Ghana currently controls 24% of the $200 million global yam export market.
The leading global exporters of yam are Jamaica, Ghana, USA, Japan and China.
According to GEPA, “The United States of America’s imports of yam from Ghana represent 39.6% of the total global value of yam exported by Ghana”.
According to Mordor Intelligence, a market research firm, the global yam market is projected to register a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% between 2020 and 2025.
Global Yam Market – Overview
Top 5 Exporters:
1) Jamaica - $40.1 million
2) Ghana - $39.6 million
3) China - $22.0 million
4) United States - $22.0 million
5) Japan - $21.1 million
We will continue looking for the solution to Nigeria’s yam export debacle because we have no excuse for not being the world’s largest exporter of yam as we are the world’s largest producer.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
Infrastructure and quality control are the main threats to Nigeria’s yam export drive – poor quality control had always been the bane of Nigeria’s export drive.
Ghana is now world’s second largest exporter of yam – Tridge
Ghana Exim Bank to invest $10m into yam export
The country realized $48 million from yam export in 2021; and report has it that USA imports yam from Ghana.
Nigeria’s long-term ambition to be a major yam exporting country had always been threatened by poor infrastructure and lack of adequate quality control.
Why yam does not feature among the list of major traded agricultural commodities from Nigeria is still a mystery to me.
Let us not bring the issue of bandits and insurgency because in 2017 banditry and insurgency had not gotten to this level still the country failed in the venture.
This is what happened in 2017!
According to the Sunnewsonline, an attempt to export 72 tonnes of yams from Nigeria to Europe and the United States of America in June 2017 failed as the produce got to their destination in a bad shape, leading to their rejection.
Circa 2017:
Sad story of Nigeria’s yam export to America
On June 29, Nigeria began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its oil-dependent economy and earn the much-needed foreign exchange.
The initial purpose of the yam programme was to earn foreign exchange in the region of $10.0 billion annually over the next four (4) years.
The excitement of the yam adventure came as the country struggles to shrug off the European Union (EU) ban on Nigeria beans which is yet to be lifted. But just recently, reports had it that sixty-seven processed and semi-processed food products of Nigeria origin exported to the EU were rejected in 2015 and 2016.
The rejected food items include brown and white beans, melon seeds, palm oil, mushrooms, bitter leaf, Ugu leaves, shelled groundnut, smoked catfish and crayfish.
Beyond all these arguments, nothing can be more embarrassing than hearing the 72 tonnes of yam that left the shores of Nigeria through Apapa port to United States in June were also rejected. Despite the euphoria that greeted the historic export that was officially flagged off by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos, the yams were found to be rotten upon arrival in the US.
However, in an attempt to get to the root cause of this national embarrassment, the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has said the Federal Government would investigate the poor quality of consignment of yams exported from Nigeria to the United States saying the ministry is not an exporter, the exporters are private people.
The ministry does not need to be an exporter but needs to set up regulatory bodies to monitor quality and other requirements by importing countries. You cannot just sit in the comfort of your office and want things to magically go well; this is wishful thinking.
However, investigation revealed that both local and international exporters involved in the yam export programme include Messrs Wan-Nyikwagh Farms Nig. Ltd, Gboko, Nigeria and Oklanbest Limited, Ibadan, Nigeria; off-takers including Messrs ADES African Foods and Drinks, United Kingdom, Horizon Beeps Associates Ltd., Texas, USA, Glorious Expression, Georgia, USA, Vine Global Import & Export, Georgia, USA, Zuka Trading and Distribution Co Inc., California, USA.
Then what went wrong?
In this forum we have always been telling our members about top notch quality assurance when exporting to EU and the Americas. They can never compromise quality as far as food products are concerned.
What Ghana is currently doing! How difficult is it to find out what Ghana is doing that we are not doing right?
According to reports, Ghana currently controls 24% of the $200 million global yam export market.
The leading global exporters of yam are Jamaica, Ghana, USA, Japan and China.
According to GEPA, “The United States of America’s imports of yam from Ghana represent 39.6% of the total global value of yam exported by Ghana”.
According to Mordor Intelligence, a market research firm, the global yam market is projected to register a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% between 2020 and 2025.
Global Yam Market – Overview
Top 5 Exporters:
1) Jamaica - $40.1 million
2) Ghana - $39.6 million
3) China - $22.0 million
4) United States - $22.0 million
5) Japan - $21.1 million
We will continue looking for the solution to Nigeria’s yam export debacle because we have no excuse for not being the world’s largest exporter of yam as we are the world’s largest producer.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
