Egypt was considering sending agricultural inspectors to Ukrainian ports to inspect wheat cargoes bound for Egypt, the head of the Egyptian agricultural quarantine, Ahmed El Attar, told Reuters on Friday July 29th.
Egypt has cancelled contracts for a total of 240,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that were booked by its state grains buyer for February and March delivery but never loaded due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reported Reuters, citing two unnamed people with knowledge of the matter.
The country typically sends inspectors from the quarantine to check cargoes at their port of origin before ships set sail.
