Wheat

The agreement is designed to provide Egypt with a reliable and sustained supply of imported wheat, a critical commodity for the country’s food-security system.

Lifting these restrictions marks a shift from a policy focused primarily on domestic supply protection to greater participation in international markets.

This achievement follows years of declining output, heavy reliance on imports, and severe disruptions from drought and conflict, with last year’s harvest totaling only around 350,000 tons.

The association has stressed that every additional day of delay adds expenses without benefiting farmers, millers or consumers.

South Africa’s grain economy is anchored by maize, supported by a structurally constrained wheat sector and a rapidly expanding soybean industry.