MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Egypt’s new state grain buyer – Mostakbal Misr – is rumored to have made significant wheat purchases for delivery in the next three months. All the purchases are said to be for Russian wheat. No details of the purchases are available but barter arrangements are mentioned regarding payment. Two shipments of wheat – 28,000 MT and 33,000 MT are said to have been shipped to the new buyer in the last few weeks.
Algeria is expected to still face drought-reduced wheat crop in 2024/25.
Iraqi officials have announced that 320,000 MT of wheat will be delivered to Lebanon. Shipment is expected to be by truck through Syria – assuming that the Syria si...
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has reached a critical point after the Supreme Court ruled on 25 June that Bayer is shielded from state-level lawsuits because federal regulation does not require the company to warn of alleged cancer risks from such products. Thousands of "failure...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Morocco and Kazakhstan are looking at ways to expand their grain import/export programs, according to details of a recent meeting in Casablanca. Kazakhstan has grain (mainly wheat) and flour exports of 15.3 MMT and is looking at n...
Developer's Note: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where obs...
