SOUTH Africa will export maize to other countries in the region despite a projected decline in production this year, a Southern African Development Community official said on Thursday. The official, from SADC’s regional early warning unit, said ealry crop estimates indicate South Africa total 1998 maize crop will amount to 7,69-million tons in 1998, against an average annual total of 8,6-million tons, Ziana reports. Drought and a drop in the area planted are behind the decline in production. The SADC official said South Africa will nonetheless be able to export maize as it has enough carry-over stocks from last season.