A confidential letter from Zimbabwe’s grain millers has said the country could run out of white bread in a week because a shortage of US dollars meant it had not been able to pay for imported wheat. The letter from the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe to the Grain Millers Association said bread flour supplies were enough for less than eight days. Imported wheat is mixed with domestic wheat to make bread flour. The country’s central bank has labelled wheat as a priority import alongside drugs and fuel, supplies of which have also been hit by the dollar shortage.
A confidential letter from Zimbabwe’s grain millers has said the country could run out of white bread in a week because a shortage of US dollars meant it had not been able to pay for imported wheat. The letter from the Grain Millers Association to the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe said bread flour supplies were enough for less than eight days. Imported wheat is mixed with domestic wheat to make bread flour. The country’s central bank has labelled wheat as a priority import alongside drugs and fuel, supplies of which have also been hit by the dollar shortage.