By Forrest CrellinPARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - French soft wheat shipments outside the EU finished the season at a four-year high in June, helping overall 2019/20 exports to reach a record level, Refinitiv data showed. Soft wheat exports to destinations outside the European Union totalled 1.17 million tonnes last month, an initial estimate based on Refinitiv loading data showed. The estimated total for the season is close to farming agency FranceAgriMer's forecast for 2019/20 French exports of 13.45 million tonnes, also a record level according to the agency's data. China remained a major outlet for French soft wheat in June, with 134,338 tonnes exported, the data showed. North Africa was still the largest importing zone for French soft wheat, with initial June estimates of exports to Algeria at 517,000 tonnes and exports to Morocco reaching 93,000 tonnes.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 03, 2020 11:03 UTC