Serbia lifts export ban on wheat and vegetable oil

The Serbian government lifted the ban on the export of wheat and approved a quota for the export of edible vegetable oil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the country said. In early July, the Serbian government decided to purchase 131,000 tons of wheat from the new crop from domestic producers and place it in the food reserve. "At a meeting of the Serbian government (Thursday - ed.), a decision was made to lift the measure to ban the export of wheat and corn. This decision was made as a result of an analysis of the current situation and wheat stocks after the harvest. Free export will remain in force until the beginning of autumn, when a new assessment of the condition and total stocks of key grains, and in accordance with this, further steps will be taken," the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture said. "Also, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, a decision was made to approve the export of 4,000 tons of draft refined sunflower oil," the ministry's ...