According to the data of APK-Inform, in the period of July 1 – August 15, 2014 Ukraine became the leader among the countries-exporters of grains to Egypt.
Thus, as of the reported date Ukrainian sea ports shipped 0.61 mln tonnes of wheat, or 35% of the total wheat exports to Egypt.
At the same time, during the reported period USA exported to Egypt 397.02 thsd tonnes of maize, Russia – 381.59 thsd tonnes of wheat, Argentina – 252.65 thsd tonnes of maize, Brazil – 166 thsd tonnes of maize, Romania – 63 thsd tonnes of wheat and 51.8 thsd tonnes of maize.
In total, in the period of July 1 – August 15, 2014 Egypt imported 1.94 mln tonnes of grains, including 1.07 mln tonnes of wheat and 0.87 mln tonnes of maize.