Egypt purchases 170,000 tons of Russian wheat

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) signed a contract on Tuesday to import 170,000 tons of wheat from Russia.

The cost of the deal exceeds EGP one billion, the GASC said in a Tuesday statement.

The GASC contracted last week for importing 180,000 tons of wheat from Russia in an international tender to meet the country's needs.

Source: MENA