Due to a dollar shortage, Egyptian importers have been unable to pay for wheat that is stuck in their ports. A total of 700,000 tons of wheat has not been released by customs. With this wheat unavailable, 80 percent of the mills producing bread, pasta and other wheat products have shut down. Egypt is typically the world’s number one importer of wheat.
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