The volume of Egypt's imports from three strategic crops in 2022 reached 22.3 million tons, according to Ministry of Agriculture
Wheat
Egypt
Published Jan 8, 2023
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A report issued by the Central Administration of Agricultural Quarantine affiliated to the Agricultural Quarantine revealed that the total imports of 3 strategic crops (wheat and fodder) were recorded during the entire past year, 223,883,704 tons.
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The report revealed that wheat imports came first with a quantity of 9,614,105 million tons, then yellow corn with a value of 8,538,854 tons, and finally soybeans with a value of 4,230,745 tons. Dr. Ahmed Al-Attar, Director of the Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine, confirmed to Al-Mal that Egypt’s ranking in importing wheat declined over the past year, at a value of 3 million tons, from 12 million tons annually to 9 million tons as a result of controlling the commodity trading system in all stages of production, even the production of the loaf. . Al-Attar said that it is expected that new sources of wheat, such as Pakistan and Mexico, will be approved during the current year, after the two sides entered into a stage of technical negotiations since last year. The government, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, aims to expand the aforementioned strategic agricultural crops in the reclamation areas that are being implemented within the giant agricultural ...
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