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Commodity & Trade Updates
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s imports of Indian parboiled rice soar 50% in seven months: USDA
The region has already imported nearly 5 million tonnes of parboiled rice.
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Kenya sets new wheat prices, import quotas for 2025/26 to encourage local production
The prices and import quotas were agreed upon during the stakeholder workshop held from June 24–27, 2025
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Iraq concludes 2025 wheat marketing season with strategic reserve at 6.5 MT
Iraq’s strategic wheat reserve is enough to cover the country’s consumption needs for the next 16 months.
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Bangladesh to import 700,000 MT of U.S. wheat under new five-year MOU
The MOU allows the Government of Bangladesh to purchase 700,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat annually for the next five years
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Zimbabwe sets up 2,000 grain collection points to support bumper harvest, boost rural delivery efficiency
The delivery points aim to alleviate farmers from the burden of long travel distances to central depots