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Hammer Milling Charge

What a hammer mill charges to grind a tin of maize into meal. National average retail price.

K14.11Oct 2026+0.6%on the month+10.6%on the year
12-month average13.72
Record high14.70Jun 2026
Record low8.98Jul 2020
Observations76since Jul 2020

Hammer Milling Charge, Jul 2020 to Oct 2026

81012141620212022202320242025202614.11

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MonthHammer Milling Charge (ZMW)
Oct 202614.11
Sep 202614.02
Aug 202614.22
Jul 202614.18
Jun 202614.70
May 202614.61
Apr 202613.91
Mar 202613.65
Feb 202613.39
Jan 202613.10
Dec 202512.17
Nov 202512.61
Oct 202512.76
Sep 202512.17
Aug 202511.94
Jul 202512.14
Jun 202511.78
May 202511.68
Apr 202511.64
Mar 202511.35
Feb 202511.09
Jan 202510.97
Dec 202410.96
Nov 202410.84
Oct 202411.11
Sep 202410.87
Aug 202411.11
Jul 202410.79
Jun 202410.72
May 202410.66
Apr 202410.68
Mar 202410.51
Feb 202410.70
Jan 202410.22
Dec 202310.39
Nov 202310.22
Oct 202310.23
Sep 20239.93
Aug 20239.90
Jul 202310.37
Jun 202310.41
May 202310.20
Apr 202310.18
Mar 202310.40
Feb 20239.98
Jan 20239.78
Dec 202210.13
Nov 20229.82
Oct 20229.94
Sep 20229.61
Aug 202210.07
Jul 202210.31
Jun 20229.78
May 20229.57
Apr 20229.71
Mar 20229.68
Feb 20229.46
Jan 20229.85
Dec 20219.89
Nov 20219.87
Oct 20219.96
Sep 20219.84
Aug 20219.96
Jul 20219.64
Jun 20219.57
May 20219.65
Apr 20219.48
Mar 20219.51
Feb 20219.27
Jan 20219.29
Dec 20209.31
Nov 20209.12
Oct 20209.12
Sep 20209.20
Aug 20209.08
Jul 20208.98

Source: Zambia Statistics Agency. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

Change on a year earlier

Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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