FR Waring Information

The original aims and objectives of the company was to trade and broke agricultural produce on the local market. In the 1930's the establishment of various agricultural marketing boards and the resultant single channel marketing greatly restricted the local trade with the focus of FRW then turning to the import and export markets, with specific reference to the export of grain. This activity successfully remained the principle activity of the company until the 1980's. From the early 1980's a series of poor summer crops prompted a demand for the import of products that were previously produced locally and the company embarked on a programme of imports of oilseeds, grains, oilcakes, and vegetable oils. These activities have continued since then with volumes fluctuating according to the size of the local crops. During this period the company also focused on regional trade in Southern Africa, principally with Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and the BLSN countries. F.R. Waring today