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Egypt Needs Wheat

Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) purchased 470 KMT of wheat today. It will come from four countries: Romania, France, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. Russia is notably absent. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was re-elected with 90 percent of the vote and is now forming a new government. His gift to his supporters is a 300 percent increase in the price of heavily subsidized bread. The consumer share of the price will still be a fraction of the government’s costs.  However, something needs to give. The nation’s population is growing by 1.2 percent each year, and yet wheat imports and domestic production are flat, as are rice and poultry. Hunger is considered moderate in Egypt but overall supplies...

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