date:May 07, 2014
oes in a recent sample of freight orders seen by Reuters for corn, bread-making wheat, white sugar and barley and feed wheat were for no more than 25,000 tonnes.
PAYMENT RISK
There is also a greater risk of non-payment, given the complex mechanisms needed to get round sanctions on Syria's banking system.
Access to funds is constrained. Suppliers are wary of getting into contracts because they fear they won't get paid, said a source familiar with food security inside Syria.
Trade sources say