World Grain - December 2019 - 18

COUNTRY FOCUS

Top flour exporters

2019-20

(in tonnes, wheat equivalent)

1. Turkey

5.1 million tonnes

2. Kazakhstan

2.5 million tonnes

3. Argentina

875,000 tonnes

4. Pakistan

750,000 tonnes

5. E.U.-28

650,000 tonnes

Source : International Grains Council

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6.9 million tonnes, revised up from a previous forecast of 6.1
million and up from 6.8 million in 2018-19. Turkey's wheat
exports are put at 5.1 million tonnes in 2019-20, revised up
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lion in 2018-19. It is expected to import 3.5 million tonnes
of maize, unrevised since the previous month, down from 3.8
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only a limited amount of trade data for 2019-20 (mostly up to
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import demand."
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