Algeria: Grain and Feed Update

For MY 2022/23, Post maintains wheat and barley planted area forecast, while raising yield forecast on the account of reports that grain harvest and storage operations took place in good conditions. Post forecast MY 2022/23 wheat at 3.3 million metric tons (MMT), and barley at 1.2 MMT. The Algerian Ministry of Agriculture has not released the grain output yet. Despite expectations of a good harvest, the Algerian Office of Cereals (OAIC) continues to purchase wheat on the international market. Post forecasts MY 2022/23 wheat imports at 8.3 MMT, and barely at 770,000 MT.