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Algeria Jan-May wheat imports grow 40pc

ALGIERS : Algeria's grain imports in the first five months of this year rose 40 percent to 3.165 million tonnes compared
Published June 26, 2011 Updated June 26, 2011 04:37pm

Soft wheat accounted for most of the increase, with imports rising to 2.445 million tonnes in the January-May period from 1.519 million last year. Durum wheat imports fell 3.36 percent to 720,026 tonnes, the data showed.

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