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Wheat Imports: Calendar Years and Marketing Years Are Not One Series

Million tonnes, by source and reference period

A calendar-year figure and a marketing-year figure are not a comparable series, and a seasonal forecast is not a final result
Calendar year: Al Arabiya Business, 30 Dec 2025Marketing year, forecast: USDA, 28 Sep 2026

Who imports? Estimates by Nader Noureldin, former supply-ministry adviser (February 2026)

Mostakbal Misr: ration-card and subsidized-bread wheat

~5

million tonnes a year

Private sector: wider market needs

+7.5

million tonnes

Since late 2024 Mostakbal Misr has assumed a leading role in government imports, yet GASC is still named as the buyer in Al Dahra's imported-wheat agreement (August 2026)

Source: Al Arabiya Business, 30 December 2025; USDA, 28 September 2026; Zawia3, 4 February 2026