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Egypt looks further afield for wheat

Egypt recently bought 240,000 tons of wheat from Russia directly, as the government continues to work on plans to avert a food crisis and preserve local supplies.
Egypt wheat

CAIRO — Egypt’s Ministry of Supply announced Aug. 23 that the state grain buyer known as the General Authority for Supply Commodities signed a contract to purchase 240,000 tons of Russian wheat.

The Russian wheat cargos are scheduled to arrive between Sept. 20 and Nov. 10 to increase the country’s strategic stocks of imported wheat.

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