Wheat Imports From Russia More Than Halved in 2022

Iran has imported a total of 1.8 million tons of wheat from Russia in 2022 to register a 54.5% decline compared with 2021. 
Iran was Russia’s third biggest buyer of the grain last year, Mehr News Agency reported.
Turkey was the top importer of Russian wheat with 4 million tons of purchases, registering a 5.2% fall. Egypt was the second biggest with 3.5 million tons, registering a 12.6% rise compared with 2021. 
Saudi Arabia followed Iran with 1.5 million tons, registering a 119.2% rise. Fifth was Algeria with 1 million tons, up 270.3%.
“A total of 11.5 million tons of wheat were produced on over 4.9 million hectares of farms across Iran during the past crop year [September 2021-22], registering a 45% rise compared with the previous year,” the head of Agriculture Ministry’s manager of “Wheat Project” said recently.