date:Aug 29, 2012
was one of the few countries to experience a flour export decrease in 2011-12, with its outgo at 350,000 tonnes, down 100,000 from an earlier estimate and sharply less than in two prior years. The recent U.S. peak was 545,000 tonnes in 2009-10. U.S. shipments were forecast to rebound to 450,000 tonnes in 2012-13.
In forecasting likely flour imports in the new season, the I.G.C. also cut the prospect for Africa to 2 million tonnes of wheat equivalent, against 2.4 million in the prior season. At t