Egypt: Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic, Egypt’s Wheat and Corn Imports Hold Steady – Grain and Feed Update 2020
FAS Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021 (July-June) to reach 8.9 million metric tons (MMT), up by almost 1.5 percent compared to 8.77 MMT in marketing year 2019/20. FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat imports in MY 2020/21 (July-June) at 12.9 MMT, up by 1.57 percent from MY 2019/20 Post’s import estimate figure of 12.7 MMT. FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s corn imports in MY 2020/21 (Oct – Sept) at 11 MMT, up 4.76 percent from Post’s MY 2019/20 estimate of 10.5 million metric tons. FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s rice imports in MY 2020/21 at 200,000 MT.
