date:Aug 29, 2012
ent, contrasted with 989,000 in 2010-11, an increase of 42%.
The only other nation importing more than 1 million tonnes in 2011-12 was Afghanistan, with its total at 1.1 million, down from 1,327,000 in 2010-11. The I.G.C. forecast was that Afghanistans takings will be unchanged in 2012-13 from the previous season.
Kazakhstan solidified its position as the worlds leading exporter of wheat flour in 2011-12. Its outgo in the past year reached 3.5 million tonnes of wheat equivalent (nearly 60 millio