For the fourth consecutive year, Africa recorded decline in consumption of wheat, which decreased by -14.8% to 59M tons in 2024.
The year-on-year increase is primarily due to improved yields for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS), followed by Canadian Western Amber Durum (CWAD), and winter wheat.
Despite the recent three-month rally, Black Sea wheat prices have fluctuated around US$6/mt since September, under pressure from currency volatility.
Tunisia’s awarded prices will likely serve as reference points for traders in the Mediterranean region through the first quarter of the year.
The achievement, excluding output from irrigated wheat schemes, reflects gains in productivity and expanded cultivation that are central to the country’s National Wheat Program.