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...
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The brewing West Coast port strike involving about 250 maritime watchmen, or approximately 2 percent of port employees, has been postponed until 5 November after the workers agreed to extend the strike deadline. The watchmen control and inspect truck and employee access at terminal gates. A sho...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s Karachi port has received a shipment of 51,000 MT of wheat in the past week, with another shipment of 59,000 MT scheduled to arrive this week. Although the wheat's origin was not specified, vessel tracking indicat...
