Morocco to import 5 mln tons of soft wheat in 2022-2023- Intecereales says

French soft wheat exporters (intercereales) said Morocco could import up to 5 million tons this 2022-2023 season.

France has already exported 1 million tons of soft wheat to Morocco during the summer, the French cereals lobby group said in a statement.

With the crisis in Ukraine, Morocco has bought more wheat from France becoming its first soft wheat customer.

Morocco’s domestic harvest was severely reduced by drought to 3.4 million tons this year compared to 10.3 million in 2021.

The Moroccan finance ministry said 2023 growth could increase to 4.5% with an average cereals harvest of 75 million quintals.