Ongoing drought boosts Algeria’s cereal imports

Published 2024년 2월 7일

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Algeria's wheat and barley imports are projected to remain high in the 2024-25 marketing year due to delayed planting and poor weather conditions. The country recently purchased 600,000t of durum and 50,000t of milling wheat for April shipment from Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Despite government efforts, farmers are hesitant to expand their farms due to complex land-ownership structures. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service predicts wheat imports to reach a record 8.7Mt in the 2023-24 marketing year, up from 8.1Mt in 2022-23, and barley imports to increase to 700,000t from 250,000t a year earlier.

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Algerian wheat and barley imports look set to remain at elevated levels in the 2024-25 marketing year with a delayed plant, below-average rainfall and poor soil-moisture conditions season to date expected to result in production similar to last year’s poor harvest. Algeria was hit hard by drought throughout the 2022-23 growing season (equivalent to the 2023-24 marketing year), which began with seeding of the wheat and barley crops through October, November and December of 2022 and concluded with harvest in May, June and early July last year. The seedbed was dry when the crops were planted, and soil-moisture conditions remained well below average through to the cusp of harvest. Rain finally fell in late May and early June, leading to devastating localised flooding, some winter-crop losses, and extensive quality downgrades. The Algerian Ministry of Agriculture has yet to release any official 2023 harvest data, but a vague press release late last year pegged production at 30 million ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult