Egypt 's wheat imports are forecast to increase slightly to 50,000 tonnes (mt) in 2018-2019 despite domestic wheat production being the same as the year before , according to the USDA . The USDA said the uptick is attributed to “a 1.6% increase in food, seed and industrial use (FSI) consumption. The change is attributed to the 1% increase in consumption to 20.1 million mt from 2017-2018 due to an increase in food, seed and industrial use (FSI) consumption, which is caused by the 2.5% population growth. Additionally, corn imports are expected to decline 1.5% from 2018-2019 to 20.1 million mt.
Egypt 's wheat imports are forecast to increase slightly to 50,000 tonnes (mt) in 2018-2019 despite domestic wheat production being the same as the year before , according to the USDA . The change is attributed to the 1% increase in consumption to 20.1 million mt from 2017-2018 due to an increase in food, seed and industrial use (FSI) consumption, which is caused by the 2.5% population growth. Additionally, corn imports are expected to decline 1.5% from 2018-2019 to 20.1 million mt.