date:May 07, 2014
Council last week forecast Syria would need to import a record 1.9 million tonnes of wheat during the 2014/15 season (July/June) based on a domestic crop of 2.5 million tonnes. With recent reports of the crop being even worse than we think, then that number will have to be revised higher potentially, IGC senior economist Amy Reynolds said.
The International Sugar Organization estimated Syria's sugar consumption at 800,000 tonnes in 2013/14, unchanged from 2012/13, and trade sources said Syria w