Country Focus: Egypt
Egypt, one of the world’s top importers of wheat, saw its imports significantly drop in the first half of 2025 as the nation acclimated to a new state agency responsible for commodities procurement. Media reports in December 2024 said the military-linked Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development took over procurement from the General Authority for...
Turkey gradually increasing wheat imports
With ending stocks having been whittled down thanks to measures taken by the Turkish government to reduce excess inventory, the country’s wheat imports are expected to increase in the second half of the 2024-25 marketing year, according to a recent report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. Turkey’s wheat...