Five months’ worth of wheat, new contracts for one mn tonne -gov’t

Strategic wheat reserves are enough last for five months, Supply Minister Mohamed Ali El Sheikh told Al Shorouk. Additionally, the ministry has contracted another one mn tonne of wheat that will arrive within weeks, he said in meeting with a delegation from the US Wheat Association led by Regional VP for European, MENA, and Eastern Africa regions, Ian Flagg. El Sheikh and Flagg two agreed to boost trade in wheat and soybeans and resume trade with GASC under strict standards and conditions following the reported cases of Hepatitis B infections from Egyptian strawberries.