In the first half of the 2024/25 agricultural season, Egypt became the leader in importing Russian wheat

Egypt imported 5.3 million tons of Russian wheat in the first half of the 2024/25 agricultural season (July-December), which is 1.8 times more than a year earlier (2.9 million tons), according to a rating compiled by the Rusagrotrans analytical center. As Interfax was told by the center, Egypt is the leader in purchases of Russian wheat with this indicator. Bangladesh moved into second place for the first time - 2.14 million tons against 1.9 million tons in July-December 2023. Turkey moved from first place last season to third in the current one with a volume of 2.08 million tons. Moreover, it reduced imports from Russia by almost 1.5 times, which is due to the import restrictions introduced in the current season. Algeria came in fourth with 1.66 million tons (1.49 million tons a year ago), and Kenya came in fifth with 1.35 million tons, which is 1.55 times more than last year (0.87 million tons). "Last season, Iran was in fourth place, which has now significantly reduced imports ...