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Iraq has gifted 220,000 tons of wheat to Syria, with the first shipment already delivered to Deir ez-Zor. This comes as Syria makes its first significant wheat purchase since a regime change in late 2024, having bought nearly 100,000 tons in a recent tender. Meanwhile, Iraq is experiencing a wheat surplus, producing 6.4 million tons, and has become self-sufficient, reducing its reliance on imported wheat.
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In a gesture reflecting the close ties between Iraq and Syria, the Director General of Syria’s General Organization for Grains, Hassan Othman, said that Iraq will transport 220,000 tons of wheat to the Syrian people as a ‘gift.’ Othman added that the first shipment of the Iraqi wheat has already arrived in the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). Trucks have started entering Syria through the Al-Qaim border crossing, with the first 39 trucks carrying wheat arriving in the city of Deir ez-Zor and now being accepted on site for distribution to other Syrian provinces, according to Othman. In what is thought to be the first significant purchase since the regime changed at the end of 2024, Syria bought almost 100,000 tons of wheat in its most recent tender, which took place on March 25. The spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Mohammed Al-Khazai, revealed earlier in April that Iraq hit a wheat production surplus for the ...
Source: UkrAgroConsult
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