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Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

A grain ship being loaded in the port of La Rochelle, France. © LEROY Francis / hemis.fr / Hemis via AFP

Algeria has been apprehensively following debates in France on an insecticide ban that would have prevented it from importing French wheat, upon which it has become more dependent since the war in Ukraine and the drought at home. [...]

Published on 05/05/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

Céréalis, the leading French wheat trader south of the Sahara, has been granted a new credit facility by a subsidiary of France's AFD development agency. West and Central African millers, who have turned increasingly to French wheat because of the war in Ukraine, had lobbyied for the measure.

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How OAIC cereals board provides daily bread to Algerians despite Ukraine war and scandals

Algeria's national cereals board, the OAIC, is the focus of major government spending and a key political tool for its bilateral relationship with France. The organisation is tasked with ensuring Algeria is supplied with wheat, despite the current high prices and the sometimes competing demands of millers, bakers and consumers.

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Africa
French grain traders Soufflet, Lecureur and Céréalis race to fill gap in market left by Russian and Ukrainian wheat

The halt in Russian and Ukrainian wheat exports has opened a window of opportunity for French grain producers in North and West Africa, who in recent weeks have been able to act as substitute suppliers at short notice.

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Algeria
Russian and Argentinian wheat imports soar as France is barred from market

Barely a year after Algeria's new rules on wheat imports were introduced to break the domination of French suppliers, the changes have already had the desired effect: French imports have dwindled to barely nothing while orders from Russia and Argentina have soared.

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