Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Turkey’s year end wheat stocks are expected to drop by 61 percent due to the wheat import ban. The ban is set to expand in October but wheat imports for the year are seen dropping by 3 MMT – a drop of 30 percent.
Turkey’s 2024/25 production estimates are lower for all grain due to limited rainfall and high temperatures in grain growing areas, as reported by USDA-FAS. However, for most grains, consumption levels did not drop due to large carry-over stocks from the previous year. Egypt’s Alexandria Flour Mills reported a 34 percent increase in profits for the 2023/24 year. Gaza reportedly received the first 1,000...
What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
