Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Corn and wheat imports in the region could find sourcing more difficult with Romania banning exports of both for the next couple of months. Turkey is normally a buyer of Romanian corn as are most other eastern Mediterranean countries. According to export statistics, Romania has exported 4.3 MMT of wheat and 3.0 MMT of corn to non-EU destinations in the first 10 months of the marketing year. Afghanistan is about to receive its first lot of 5,000 MT of donated wheat from India – shipped in 251 containers. This is the first lot in the 75,000 MT of wheat donated by India to Afghanistan. India is also selling a total of 90,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan (50,000 MT) and Lebano...
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