date:Jul 09, 2013
remains unresolved, domestic production over the next 12 months will be severely compromised.
The estimate for wheat imports includes 378,000 tonnes to be delivered by the World Food Programme. About 1m tonnes are estimated to be imported commercially, leaving a shortfall of some 100,000 tonnes.
The pressure from Syria for imports is the latest in a series of supports to ideas of wheat market demand, with Egypt this week unveiling its first tender in five months, and China purchasing a repo