StalkEgypt, often the world’s top wheat buyer, saw a rise in imports of the grain from Russia in March despite supply and payment disruptions following its invasion of Ukraine that also drove traders to seek shipments from other suppliers. Egypt received 479,195 tonnes of wheat from Russia in March, 24% up from the same month last year, according to freight data seen by Reuters. Ukrainian wheat imports stood at 124,500 tonnes, down 42% year-on-year. “Russian ports remained open,” said Mohammed El Gammal, a Cairo-based grains consultant for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation and U.S. Wheat Associates. “Shipping slowed a little in late February and it picked up in March, whether for new contracts or old ones signed before the invasion.” Egypt relies […]