A number of African countries bought record volumes of wheat from Russia last agricultural year

A number of African countries in the past agricultural year (July 2022-June 2023) purchased record volumes of Russian wheat for themselves, Dmitry Rylko, Director General of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), told Interfax. "Thus, Libya purchased 1.365 million tons, Mauritania - 129 thousand tons, Liberia - 127 thousand tons. All these are record figures for these countries," he said. In addition, according to IKAR, 63 thousand tons of wheat were sent to Rwanda, 11 thousand tons - to Cape Verde. The absolute record, according to Rylko, was also set by Algeria, which became one of the main buyers of Russian wheat and imported 2.145 million tons of it. In addition, Libya last year bought a record volume of Russian corn - 206,000 tons. As for the largest buyer of Russian wheat on the African continent - Egypt, Rylko said that he bought 8.24 million tons last season. "This is a large volume, but not a record," he said. Speaking about the export of Russian grain to ...