Egypt imported 6.3m tons of Russian wheat in 2024/25, analysts say

Egypt, the biggest buyer of Russian wheat, imported 6.3 million metric tons from July 2024 to January 2025, a 70 per cent increase compared to last year, analysts from rail carrier, Rusagrotrans, said in a report published on Monday, Reuters reports.

Rusagrotrans said wheat exports from Russia continued at a record pace so far this season with the country, the world’s top wheat exporter, shipping 32.2 million metric tons, 1.3 per cent more than in the same period of the last season.

The acceleration precedes new export quotas on 15 February that will slow shipments. In line with the new quotas Russia can export 10.6 million metric tons of wheat before 1 July, 2025.

Bangladesh, which bought 2.3 million tons, emerged as the second-largest buyer in the 2024/25 season, while Turkiye, which introduced an import ban to protect its domestic market, slipped to third place with a 47 per cent drop in Russian wheat imports.

Algiers, which bought 1.7 million tons of Russian wheat, and Kenya, which bought 1.4 million tons, were the fourth and the fifth largest importers.

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