Commodities Ivory Coast cocoa sector reserve fund up 58pc June 2015-Jan 2016 ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast's cocoa sector reserve fund rose 58 percent to 120 billion CFA francs ($206.47 million) between Published 18 May, 2016 04:52pm
Commodities Blumberg Grain to sign wheat silos deal with Algeria in weeks DUBAI: Blumberg Grain is looking to sign a deal within the coming weeks with Algeria's state grain agency OAIC to bu Published 18 May, 2016 04:50pm
Commodities Iraq again extends deadline in 50,000 tonne wheat tender HAMBURG: Iraq's state grains board has again extended the offer deadline in a tender to buy at least 50,000 tonnes o Published 17 May, 2016 09:52am
Commodities Egypt to buy 1 million tonnes local rice as reserve ABU DHABI: Egypt's supply ministry said on Monday that it would buy 1 million tonnes of local paddy rice in the next Published 16 May, 2016 08:14am
Commodities Egypt has bought 1.8mn T of local wheat since April 15 CAIRO: Egypt has bought 1.8 million tonnes of domestic wheat since the start of the procurement season on April 15, a Ca Published 11 May, 2016 03:25pm
Commodities Egypt sets price for local cotton and corn crop CAIRO: Egypt said on Tuesday it will pay 1,250 Egyptian pounds ($140.77) per qintar (160 kg) for its cotton, a small dro Published 10 May, 2016 04:21pm
Commodities Egypt has bought 1.6mn T of local wheat since April 15 CAIRO: Egypt bought 1.6 million tonnes of domestic wheat since the start of the procurement season on April 15, the supp Published 10 May, 2016 04:04pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Egypt aims to produce 9mn tons of wheat in 2016: agriculture ministry CAIRO: Egypt aims to produce 9 million tonnes of wheat in 2016, an agriculture ministry spokesman told Reuters on Monday Published 09 May, 2016 09:32pm
Commodities Egypt has bought 1.3mn T local wheat since April 15 CAIRO: Egypt has bought 1.3 million tonnes of domestic wheat since the start of the procurement season on April 15, the Published 09 May, 2016 02:48pm
Commodities Ivorian cocoa arrivals seen at 1,269,000 T May 8 ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,269,000 tonnes by May 8 since the start of t Published 09 May, 2016 12:58pm
Commodities Tunisia cancels tender to buy 100,000 tonnes feed barley HAMBURG: Tunisia's state grains agency has cancelled an international tender for 100,000 tonnes of feed barley which Published 06 May, 2016 06:38am
Commodities Egypt buys 400,000 tonnes of local wheat since April 15 ABU DHABI: Egypt has bought 400,000 tonnes of local wheat since the start of the procurement season on April 15, the Agr Published 02 May, 2016 08:04am
Commodities April Cameroon cocoa prices remain largely steady versus March YAOUNDE: Cocoa prices in Cameroon remained largely steady in April, ranging from 1300 CFA francs ($2.23) in the South-We Published 25 Apr, 2016 07:34pm
Commodities Iraq issues tender to buy at least 50,000 tonnes of wheat PARIS: Iraq's state grains board has issued an international tender to buy at least 50,000 tonnes of wheat, traders Published 25 Apr, 2016 09:36am
Middle East Africa Commodities Egypt buys 57,000 tonnes of local wheat since start of season ABU DHABI: Egypt's Supply Ministry said on Sunday it had purchased 57,000 tonnes of local wheat from farmers since t Published 24 Apr, 2016 01:28pm
Commodities Egypt buys 10,000 tonnes local wheat in first five days of season CAIRO: Egypt has purchased 10,000 tonnes of wheat from farmers in the first five days of the local procurement season, t Published 19 Apr, 2016 01:28pm
Commodities Jordan studying wheat import specification changes ABU DHABI: Jordan is studying changing the specifications and terms for importing wheat on the request of global supplie Published 13 Apr, 2016 08:51am
Commodities South Africa increases wheat import duty by 34pc JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's finance ministry said on Friday it had approved a 34 percent increase in the tariff on Published 08 Apr, 2016 02:50pm
Commodities Africa gold producers wary despite price rebound DAKAR: A steep rise in gold prices may have given hope to a battered mining industry in 2016, but after four tough years Published 07 Apr, 2016 03:14pm
Commodities Ivory Coast mid-crop cocoa harvest hit by poor weather ABIDJAN: Purchases of cocoa in Ivory Coast's mid-crop season that starts in April have ground to a halt because of a Published 06 Apr, 2016 02:20pm
Commodities Moroccan wheat trade seeks longer import window after drought RABAT: Millers and wheat importers in Morocco have asked the government to extend a current import window and to allow a Published 06 Apr, 2016 01:59pm
Commodities Syria tenders to buy 2,500 tonne corn and 2,500 tonne soymeal HAMBURG: A Syrian state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase and import 2,500 tonnes of yellow c Published 06 Apr, 2016 09:09am
Middle East Africa Commodities Egypt will contract directly for rice if traders do not lower prices CAIRO: Egypt will look to make direct contracts with other countries to import rice should the prices offered by traders Published 06 Apr, 2016 09:04am
Commodities Egypt bans trading imported wheat inside country without permission CAIRO: Egypt has banned the trading of imported wheat inside the country as well as its delivery to local mills except w Published 06 Apr, 2016 08:38am
Commodities Egypt to buy 250,000 tonnes of sugar from local refiners ABU DHABI: Egypt's Ministry of Supply will buy 250,000 tonnes of sugar from local refiners to increase strategic res Published 30 Mar, 2016 07:22am
Commodities Ivory Coast Oct-Feb cocoa product exports down 7pc ABIDJAN: Exports of semi-finished cocoa products from Ivory Coast dropped 7 percent to 179,998 tonnes from October to Fe Published 24 Mar, 2016 02:37pm
Commodities Ivory Coast Jan-Feb cotton exports up 15pc ABIDJAN: Cotton exports from Ivory Coast totaled 97,470 tonnes to the end of February, up more than 15 percent from the Published 24 Mar, 2016 02:29pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC receives wheat offers from six trading firms ABU DHABI/HAMBURG: Egypt's state grain buyer GASC again received offers from only six trading houses in its internat Published 24 Mar, 2016 01:09pm
Commodities Morocco seeks 134,000 T of soft wheat in the local market RABAT: Morocco's state grains agency ONICL on Friday launched a tender to buy 134,000 tonnes of soft wheat from the Published 18 Mar, 2016 04:23pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Egypt's GASC buys 240,000 T French, Romanian, Ukraine wheat ABU DHABI: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Wednesday it boug Published 16 Mar, 2016 08:21pm