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Good news for bread subsidy watchers (and bad news for wheat importers) \u2014 wheat imports, prices fall:<\/b> Wheat imports declined by 9.6% in 1H2019 to 5.7 mn tonnes, the local press reported<\/a>, citing data from the General Organization For Export & Import Control. Accompanying this drop in imports was a decline in global wheat prices, with Business Insider\u2019s wheat market tracker showing a 15.2% drop in global wheat prices YTD. In other wheat news, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said that three companies have won a tender on Tuesday to supply it with 240k tonnes of Romanian and Ukranian wheat, AMAY reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good news for bread subsidy watchers (and bad news for wheat importers) \u2014 wheat imports, prices fall: Wheat imports declined by 9.6% in 1H2019 to 5.7 mn tonnes, the local press reported, citing data from the General Organization For Export & Import Control. 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