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Morocco is set to reduce wheat imports to 6.7 million tons for the 2025-2026 season, down 200,000 tons from the previous year, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast. This reduction reflects improving domestic harvests and strategic stock management despite ongoing climate challenges. While regional neighbors like Egypt remain highly dependent on […]
The Egyptian House of Representatives officially approved on Dec.15 a key financing agreement between the Egyptian Government and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX). This agreement aims to support Egypt’s wheat imports through the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), ensuring a reliable supply of wheat for the country. The framework outlined in the agreement […]
Egypt’s wheat imports significantly increased in the first half of 2024, rising to $2.324 billion from $1.785 billion in the same period of 2023, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Wheat remains a crucial staple food for the country, contributing to the overall rise in raw material imports, which reached […]
Morocco’s wheat imports are expected to grow to 7.5 million tons due to an adverse impact of rain deficit on domestic harvest, making the country the sixth largest importer globally, FAO reported. Morocco’s wheat imports were only exceeded by Egypt followed by Indonesia, Turkey, China and Algeria, the FAO said in its Food Outlook report […]
Egypt will be the largest global wheat importer in 2024/25 (July-June) as the country recovers from a foreign exchange reserve crisis and seeks to rebuild inventories, the US department of agriculture USDA said. “In addition to wheat milled for domestic use, Egypt is also expected to continue exporting some wheat flour to nearby countries such […]
Morocco has decided to import 2 million tons of soft wheat between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 to alleviate the impact of drought which has affected the country’s crops product. The decision has been announced lately by the Kingdom’s state-owned grains agency after receiving the nod from the ministries of finance and agriculture. The import […]
The Russian ambassador to Rabat said his country is ready to sell wheat at a competitive price to Morocco, a major wheat importer. “Russia is ready to supply wheat to Morocco at reasonable prices,” Russia’s ambassador Vladimir Baibakov told TASS news agency. “Morocco remains a key Russian trade and economic partner in Africa. In a […]
Morocco has imported more soft wheat from the EU following a drought that compromised the country’s harvest last year. The North African country is planning an additional purchase of 1.5 million tons in the March-May period, Reuters reported. Revived black sea competition have helped push down prices although these remain still higher compared to the […]
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 […]
The weather has been clement for Morocco this year after generalized rainfall that promises better crop year and bigger wheat yield, Reuters reported. Citing wheat traders, the agency said that Morocco may harvest 10 million tons of cereals this year, up from 3 million last year, which means less imports. Morocco imports usually 2 to […]