The 2025 cotton marketing season in Zimbabwe officially commenced on June 9th. The government has announced that farmers will receive payment for their minimum seed cotton prices in a 70:30 ratio, split between US dollars and ZiG currencies, respectively.
This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Jenfan Muswere, during a post-Cabinet media briefing held in Harare on Tuesday, June 10th. Minister Muswere further detailed the specific prices per grade of cotton.
He said the Grade A cotton will be priced at US$0.41 per kilogramme, Grade B at US$0.37 per kilogramme, Grade C at US$0.34 per kilogramme, and Grade D at US$0.30 per kilogramme. Said Muswere:
This season’s cotton sales are projected to reach 61 000 metric tonnes, significantly surpassing last season’s total of 13 600 metric tonnes.
To facilitate these sales, a total of 697 buying points have been established, comprising 221 permanent stations and 476 mobile units.
To ensure fair trade practices, strict guidelines have been put in place and no cotton bales will be allowed to leave a buying point unless the farmers have been fully paid for their deliveries.
Furthermore, merchants are only permitted to purchase seed cotton once they have settled all outstanding payments for previous season’s deliveries, including any grade differential prices owed to farmers.
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