Iran turns to Russia for wheat to boost flour sales
IRAN is holding talks to import 1 million tonnes of wheat from Russia to export as flour to neighbours Iraq and Afghanistan, said Iran Food Confederation secretary general Kaveh Zargaran.
Iranian flour millers are operating at 50 per cent of capacity and are seeking the wheat to boost sales. Officials from the Iran Food Confederation and Iran millers met with the Russian agriculture ministry in Moscow last week to discuss the trade, he added.
Iran is already one of the biggest suppliers of flour to Iraq. Iran's wheat consumption will be a record 18.35 million tonnes in the 2017-18 marketing year, exceeding domestic production of 15 million tonnes, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
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