Egypt's GASC says could revise wheat import specifications

ABU DHABI: Egypt, one of the world's largest wheat importers, said on Wednesday it was studying changes to its wheat import specifications to ease the process.

Mamdouh Abdel Fattah, vice chairman of the General Authority of Supply Commodities (GASC), said all conditions would be reviewed, including wheat moisture content which is currently set at a maximum of 13 percent. "The main aim is to make the process of importing wheat easier," Abdel Fattah told Reuters over the telephone.

Egypt ended its tolerance for a moisture content of up to 13.5 percent in wheat last January in a move which mostly affected its French wheat imports.

The average moisture content in the 2013 French wheat harvest was 13.5 percent.