South African Wheat Imports Expected to Drop
South African imports of wheat and wheat products are expected to drop by 20% next marketing year, which begins Oct. 1, due to an increase in domestic production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service reported Sept. 21. The…
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country will likely import 1.6 million tons of wheat next marketing year, down from the “expected” 2 million tons in the current marketing year. Favorable growing conditions are expected to improve the domestic production to 2 million tons. The drop in imports could affect wheat shipments from Poland, Russia, Germany and Lithuania, all of which have been the “major exporters” of wheat to South Africa this year. The U.S. has been the six-largest exporter of wheat to South Africa this marketing year (Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020), at 58,075 tons.