date:Mar 20, 2014
ars, an average of 2.7 million tonnes per annum of wheat was imported commercially out of a total domestic wheat utilization of about 2.86 million tonnes. As a consequence, the country is highly vulnerable to international commodity price increases and volatility.
The import requirement for cereals in 2013 (January/December) marketing year, is forecast at about 3.75 million tonnes, about 7 per cent up on 2012.
Most of the imports is wheat (almost 3 million tonnes), with rice and maize imports