Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Iran remains the largest importer of Brazil maize at about 6.1 MMT followed by Egypt at about 5.3 MMT then Saudi Arabia at 1.5 MMT, Morocco at 1.1 MMT, Algeria at 1.0 MMT and Bangladesh at 770,000 MT. Brazil exported 29.6 MMT of maize to the end of October 2025. Iran’s bread and grain inflation is reportedly at the highest level since 2022 with prices up by 17 percent through July 2025. Experts warn that price increases could push 40 percent of the population into poverty, up from the current level of 10 percent. Algeria is expected to receive wheat shipments from Kazakhstan in 2025 through Estonia’s seaports in an expansion of the Kazakh export program. Kazakhstan...
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