Egypt will buy wheat from Russia. The country has also signed a contract with Bulgaria.
Thus, Egypt will purchase 720 thousand tons of Russian wheat and 50 thousand tons of Bulgarian wheat. This is the largest purchase of wheat for Egypt in terms of volume since 2022.
The contracts were awarded by the Egyptian Food Procurement Agency (GASC), Vetogate reported.
Russia supplied Egypt with 3.5 million tons of wheat in January-April, according to the press service of the Russian Agriculture Ministry. This is 20% more than in the same period in 2023.
Egypt is a major importer of wheat in the world. The main supplier of wheat for him is Russia.
Earlier it was written that grain from Kursk region will be supplied to 13 countries.
By the way, the volume of Ukrainian wheat supplies to Turkey decreased six times in May.