In light of recent action taken by Egypt's government regarding a certain tax together with the need to purchase feed ingredients, medicines, etc. from outside the country, the local poultry industry there says that it will have difficulty competing price-wise with imported chicken. Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS A recent International Grains Council (IGC) report states that Turkey is the world’s single largest exporter ever of wheat flour and accounts for 32.5 percent of global shipments totaling 15.2 MMT. The second-largest is Kazakhstan at 2.5 MMT, well below Turkey’s 4.1 MMT. Iraq is the largest flour importer at 2.3 MMT, followed by Afghanistan at 1.8 MMT and Uzbekistan with 1 MMT. As a matter of interest,...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.