News
12. July 2010
Serbia to export 300,000 tons of wheat
BELGRADE -- Serbia is planning to export 300,000 tons of wheat, Minister of Agriculture Water Management and Forestry Saša Dragin told Tanjug on Monday.
He also said that there was no reason to fear "there would not be enough bread wheat left in the country" once the export has been done. "This year's wheat crop has been lower than predicted due to poor weather conditions, but the storage silos will still be full and there will be enough wheat both for export and for domestic consumption," Dragin said while visiting the town of Valjevo, in western Serbia, today. Last week, farmers unhappy with the price for this year's crop blocked roads in the north of the country in protest. The government then decided to buy 700,000 tons of this year’s wheat harvest at what appeared to be a compromise price of RSD 12 per kiogram.
