After Ukraine war, Egypt, world's largest wheat importer wants to buy grain from India

After Egypt, many more countries are now looking to purchase wheat from India. Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat, is already looking to source the cereal from India after the Russia-Ukraine war dented supplies. Most of Egypt’s wheat until now came from Ukraine. Several other countries from Europe and West Asia are also expected to soon start purchasing Indian wheat. 

Besides Egypt, the other large wheat importing countries are China, Turkey, Nigeria and Indonesia. 

After exporting a record 7.85 million tonnes of wheat in 2021-22, India’s worldwide supply of the grain could touch 20 million tonnes this financial year amid rising concerns over food security as the Russia-Ukraine crisis deepens.

Russia and Ukraine accounted for about a third of the total global wheat exports estimated at around 180 million tonnes.

“For India, new markets for wheat exports are opening up. Egypt has already placed orders..we are expecting many new markets to start buying the grain from us. Many countries which have been already purchasing Indian wheat could now source a larger amount of the grain,” Anil Monga, managing director, Emmsons International that deals in trading of agro products, told India Narrative.  Monga added that the trend could continue in India’s favour as Ukraine will not be in any position to immediately resurrect its agricultural land after the war ends.

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