Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA COMMENTS Egypt has said that wheat production for 2020 should reach about 9.5 MMT with between 3.0 and 3.5 MMT being purchased by the government. According to U.S. export inspection information, Egypt’s purchase of U.S. soybeans doubled this week to about 172,000 MT. Morocco is suffering from its second drought year in a row with wheat production expected to be as much as 40 percent below average. Official numbers from Morocco see a drop of 4.3 percent in total agriculture production and growth of only 2.3 percent compared to more normal levels of 4.6 percent growth, all of this is said to be due to reduced grain production. In 2019, Morocco spent $960 million on wheat import...
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