Egypt aims to increase its purchases of local wheat by 11% this season

The Government of Egypt intends to increase the purchase of wheat from farmers in the new season by about 11% to 4 million tonnes in the harvest season, which begins in mid -next April, according to Egyptian Minister of Supply Sherif Farouk to Al -Sharq. The wheat transplant season began in Egypt in mid -November to the end of January, while the harvest begins from mid -April to mid -July. The total area of ​​land grown is up to 3.1 million hectares, compared to 3.2 million hectares last year. Farouk added today, Tuesday, that its country wants to import about 6 million tonnes of wheat from abroad this year. Egypt’s import of wheat jumped to the highest level during the year 2024 to reach 14.2 million tonnes, an increase of 31%. The Egyptian government’s share reached 6.2 million tonnes, an increase of 30% versus 2023 Read more: Egypt’s import of wheat 2024 At the highest level in ten years, Farouk told Al -Sharq that “the total Egyptian consumption of wheat showed last year, for about 20 million tons, and it is expected to consume the same amount this year.” The restructuring of a Saudi partnership added that there is a desire to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in the restructuring of the ‘holding business for food industries’, as well as the expansion of the Banda Saudi chains in Egypt, which have so far opened two branches, according to the minister. He pointed out that ‘collaboration studies are still underway’, which will include 38 subsidiaries, and there will be a partnership in the ports of the Holding Company for Food Industries.