Morocco's grain imports for the June-October period are up by 80 percent against last year at a total 2.2 MMT including 750,000 MT of wheat  and 1.1 MMT of corn. The wheat is mainly from Ukraine, France and Russia with about 80 percent of the corn from Argentina and Brazil.

  News Updates Port congestion and bad weather are reportedly delaying some shipments from Russian Black Sea and Azov Sea ports that could affect wheat exports to North Africa and Middle Eastern destinations.Iran has stated very strongly that it has no agreement with Russia for the countertrade of that country's wheat for its oil. Russia will be supplying technical and operational support to the Iranian oil industry, but countertrade does not seem to be in...