According to the court, should be suspended import both current and future parties, containing any number of ergot.

Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world and the largest buyer of Russian wheat. For the season 2016/17 supplies from Russia amounted to 6.7 million tons (25% of the total Russian wheat exports), for the first 4 months 2017/18 – 2.7 million tons (21%).

The zero content of the ergot was introduced in 2016, and was canceled after a month of unsuccessful tenders of GASC goszakupok, which failed to purchase wheat. The stated requirement is not feasible in practice, so as to completely clear the wheat from the ergot is almost impossible. According to experts SovEcon, if it will enter into force, it will not last long. Note that the requirement applies to shipments from all countries and not only from Russia, as many of the media.

Unpredictable politics of Egypt led to the fact that the country buys wheat is significantly more expensive than the world market. At the last GASC tender award was $4-7/ton. According to experts SovEcon, the whole Egypt overcharged when you import wheat at least $50 million a year.

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