Algeria Wheat Imports to Reach 8.2 Million Tons in 2022-23
09 February 2023 - 2:51AM
Dow Jones News
By George Mwangi
Special to Dow Jones Newswires
Algeria's wheat imports in the marketing year beginning July
through June 2023 are forecast to reach 8.2 million metric tons,
the U.S. Agriculture Department said late Monday.
This would be the highest volume since 2016-17, when imports hit
8.4 million tons, the USDA said in its annual grain and feed report
update.
In the first five months of the current marketing year,
Algeria's wheat imports are estimated at 2.5 million tons, up from
1.8 million in the same prior-year period, it said.
The imports were mainly from France, Bulgaria, Canada, Romania
and Ukraine.
Imports from Russia aren't confirmed, but the USDA estimates
between 600,000 tons and 700,000 tons, the highest after France at
1.02 million tons, in the July through November period.
Wheat production is still estimated at 3.3 million tons, the
same as in the prior report in October. Production is expected to
increase by 38% from 2.4 million tons the prior year.
Algeria's wheat consumption is expected to increase slightly to
11.10 million tons in 2022-23, up from 11.05 million the prior
year, it said.
Wheat is a major staple food and accounts for 60% of the food
ration in Algeria, it said.
Algeria is among the largest consumers of wheat in the world,
the USDA said.
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