date:Jan 07, 2014
international bank accounts, a source at Hoboob told Reuters.
Of the total quantity, 1.7 million tonnes arrived in Syria and the remaining quantity is on its way, the source said.
Hoboob said in October it had struck deals with payment using frozen funds to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat from France and the Black Sea over the summer.
Although some traders were skeptical about the 2013 wheat import figure, others said the jump in imports was in line with the government's drive to bolster impo