Egypt’s wheat flour export collapse in 2025

its wheat timport dynamics. Moderated by Vlado Kovačević, Director of the Commodity Exchange Novi Sad, the online event featured two seasoned industry figures: Hesham Soliman, President of Mediterranean Star for Trading (Egypt), and İzzet Alev, Managing Director of BA Ticaret (Turkey). In his presentation, Hesham Soliman offered a data-rich overview of Egypt’s wheat, corn, and soybean markets, highlighting both structural progress and new constraints. Egypt remains one of the world’s largest grain importers, sourcing around 28 million tonnes annually — equivalent to nearly half of the MENA region’s total grain imports. Driven by population growth (112 million residents), 15 million tourists, and over 10 million refugees, the country’s consumption keeps rising. Yet, despite this strong underlying demand, 2025 has brought an unexpected contraction in wheat imports — and the reason lies in a sharp reversal of export policy. In 2024, Egypt recorded a record-high 1.75 million tonnes of ...