Attaché Report (GAIN)

Senegal: Impact of COVID 19 on Food Prices

Since 2020, several west African countries such as Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea, and Burkina Faso have experienced food price increases. These price increases have followed the global trend due to principally higher freight costs and the disruption of the food supply chain.
Hong Kong continues to take random tests on imports of chilled and frozen foods and their packaging for the COVID-19 virus.