Algeria will remain one of the largest wheat importers in the new season

The Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture predicts that Algeria will import approximately 9.2 million tons of wheat in the 2025/26 marketing year to meet domestic demand, maintaining similar harvest levels as the previous year. The primary suppliers of wheat to Algeria are Russia and Ukraine, with France's exports significantly decreasing. Algeria's diet, which is based on cereals and bread, makes it the world's second largest per capita consumer of bread. Additionally, the country's milling sector consists of approximately 432 mills, not all of which are operational. Algeria also imports barley, mainly for animal feed, and corn, with expectations to increase corn imports due to the growth in the poultry industry.

According to the forecast of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture, in the event of stable domestic wheat production in the 2025/26 MY, Algeria will import about 9.2 million tons of wheat to meet domestic demand, which will correspond to the volume of imports in the 2024/25 season, given the forecasted similar harvest. The main supplier of wheat to Algeria remains the Russian Federation, although Ukraine has also become an important source of grain supplies, while wheat exports from France have sharply decreased this season, — FAS reports. If in the 2021/22 MY Algeria imported 0.5 million tons of Russian wheat, then in the 2022/23 MY – already 2.1 million tons, in the 2023/24 – 1.6 million tons, and in the 2024/25 MY – over 1.8 million tons. Wheat exports from the EU countries in the current season amounted to 1.16 million tons, although 6 years ago almost 80% of all imported wheat (approximately 5 million tons) Algeria bought from France. ...