Kazakhstan’s wheat exports are forecast to fall to 8.6 million tonnes, down 1.6 million tonnes year-on-year.
The funds, which had been placed under the Department’s recurrent budget, were used to pay maize flour millers.
Of the total crop, about 3.5 million tonnes is expected to be durum wheat, used mainly in pasta production.
With global production forecasts remaining strong across several key exporters, international wheat values have softened, creating favorable conditions for major buyers such as Saudi Arabia.
Senegal, which imports approximately 1.65 million mt of milled rice annually to cover about 70% of its domestic demand, paused imports to reduce local oversupply.