A bigger durum crop in Morocco could limit sales to one of Canada’s top markets, say analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service estimates that Morocco is in the midst of harvesting 2.02 million tonnes of durum. That is up from 790,000 tonnes last year and 1.34 million tonnes the year before that. It is forecasting the country’s total wheat imports, including durum, will fall to 4.2 million tonnes in 2021-22, down from an estimated 6.5 million tonnes in the current crop year. Italy is the only country that bought more over that timeframe, with 1.09 million tonnes of sales.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 16, 2021 18:05 UTC