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National Foods reopens Mutare, Zimbabwe maize mill
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - National Foods announced on Jan. 21
that it has reopened its maize (corn) mill in Mutare, Zimbabwe,
which has been inactive for the past six years.
National Foods chief executive Jeremy Brooke said the company
was delighted to be bringing back into service its Mutare mill, which
has been under care and maintenance for most of the time since Zimbabwe introduced multi-currency trading in 2009.
He said the reopening of the mill would help meet the demand for
Red Seal roller meal and Red Seal Pearlenta and create employment.
National Foods noted that the mill in Mutare will complement
its operations at the Harare, Zimbabwe and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
facilities and help to ensure nationwide availability of Red Seal roller
meal and Pearlenta.
Brooke said the company had secured maize from Mozambique
that would be milled in Mutare to help ensure there was adequate

roller meal and Pearlenta between now and the harvesting of locally
produced maize.
He said Zambia had resumed maize sales to Zimbabwe, which
would also help ensure there was adequate food prior to the harvest.
"We are delighted to get the mills running again in Mutare. We
are hopeful that there will be sufficient crop planted in the Mutare
area to enable the mill to continue running and never have to close
again," he said.
He said the company had been continuously retooling, re-equipping and rehabilitating its plants and equipment.
Emphasizing the company's commitment to helping meet the nation's food requirements, Brooke said two of the company's millers,
William Kapfupi and Nqgabutho Moyo, were currently in advanced
milling training courses at Bühler in Switzerland. He said the two
millers were due back in Zimbabwe in May.

Port of Tacoma nears 2-million-container mark
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, U.S. - The Port of Tacoma handled
1.89 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in 2013, returning closer to the 2-million-container cargo mark it first reached in 2005, the
port reported on Jan. 22.
Double-digit growth in imports and exports, along with 16% more
vessel calls, contributed to the 10.5% percent gain. Full container-

ized exports improved nearly 16% to 529,255 TEUs, and imports
were up 14% to 695,748 TEUs.
Grain exports also declined 43% in 2013, impacted by increased
competition from South America and severe weather conditions in
the U.S. Midwest. Grain exports through Tacoma improved significantly through the fourth quarter of 2013, hinting at a rebound.

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