Ngokwesitatimende sabezindaba esishicilelwe yi-Potatoes USA (inhlangano yemboni yamazambane yaseMelika), ukuthengiswa kwamazambane okudayisa kusukela ngoJulayi kuya kuSepthemba 2022 kukhuphuke ngamadola ngo-17,8% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kwehle ngevolumu ngo-2,1%, iyazisa Izindaba Zamazambane.
Ochwepheshe bePotatoes USA bagcizelela ukuthi, naphezu kokuncipha kancane, amanani okuthengisa ahlala engaphezulu kwamazinga angaphambi kobhubhane.
Ukukhululwa kwabezindaba kuphawula ukuthi phakathi neminyaka emihlanu edlule, isilinganiso sentengo yomthengi ngephawundi lamazambane sikhuphuke unyaka ngamunye, sifinyelela ku-$2,35 engxenyeni yokugcina. Kodwa abathengi basabheka amazambane njengomkhiqizo othengekayo, futhi ukuthengiswa kwawo kuyaqhubeka nokukhula.
Zonke izigaba zamazambane ziyabiza kakhulu, futhi ukwanda okubaluleke kakhulu esikhathini esibonisiwe kwehle kumazambane aqandisiwe - 22,8%.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi amazambane aqandisiwe ahlala esesinye sezikhundla ezimbili ezibone ukwanda kokuthengiswa (ngo-0,5%). Umkhiqizo wesibili inani lawo lokuthengisa likhuphuka ngamazambane asemathinini (akhuphuke ngo-0,2%).
Ukwehla okukhulu kokuthengiswa ngalesi sikhathi kuqoshwe esigabeni samazambane amasha (ngo-3,4%).
Ukuthengiswa kwamazambane amasha ngamadola kukhuphuke kuzo zonke izinhlobo ngaphandle kwezinhlobo zeminwe nezinsomi ngenxa yokuntuleka kokutholakala. Ukwehla okukhulu ekuthengisweni phakathi kukaJulayi noSepthemba 2022 bekungezezinhlobo ezinsomi, zeminwe, nezimhlophe, zehle ngo-38,5%, 14,9%, no-13,2% ngokulandelana.
Bonke osayizi bephakheji bakhuphuke ngenani, ngaphandle kwamaphakheji angaphezu kwamaphawundi angu-10, ehle ngo-27,3%. Amaphakethe amaphawundi amahlanu kanye ne-10 akhuphuke kakhulu, amanani akhuphuke ngo-29,4% no-29,3% ngokulandelana. Ukuthengiswa kwamaphakethe abo bonke osayizi kwehlile, ngaphandle kwamaphakethe anesisindo esingamaphawundi amabili kuya kwamane kanye nezikhwama ezingamaphawundi amahlanu.