Russia has exported about 900,000 tons of wheat to Morocco since the start of the 2024/25 season

Supplies of milling wheat in the first half of the 2024/25 season (started on July 1) amounted to about 900 thousand tons, which exceeds the export figure for all previous seasons. This was reported by Igor Pavensky, Head of Agricultural Market Analysis at Rusagrotrans, in a commentary to Agroexport. According to the expert, due to frequent droughts in Morocco, wheat production has decreased and imports have increased. In the current season, the country produced 2.5 million tons, which is 40% lower than the result of the previous season. The import forecast is 7.5 million tons against 4-6.5 million tons in previous seasons. Previously, the key suppliers of milling wheat were France (from 1.5 to 2.8 million tons per season), Germany (1.1-1.2 million tons) and Canada (700-900 thousand tons), while Russia supplied up to 300 to 600 thousand tons. In the 2022/23 season, imports of Russian wheat ceased, but in the 2023/24 season, Russia was able to partially resolve supply problems and ...