This statistic shows the principal importing countries of wheat, wheat flour and wheat products worldwide from 2014/2015 to 2023/2024. In 2023/24, Egypt was forecast to import about 11 million metric tons of wheat and wheat-derived products.
Wheat
Wheat is one the most widely produced grains in the world, leading the grain market along with corn and rice in production and sales. Wheat is an important trade commodity due to its durability, longevity and its use as flour. The importing and exporting of wheat and wheat products is a complex worldwide business.
As one of the leading wheat importers worldwide, Egypt exercises significant power over the import/export market. Egyptian wheat supplies are not glutinous enough to produce bread, a staple of the Egyptian diet. Local stocks are mixed with imported wheat to achieve acceptable flour. The country hopes to decrease their dependence on wheat imports in years to come.
The United States is one the world’s chief exporters of wheat. As an industry, large-scale grain import and export really took off following the immigration of Europeans to the Americas. The vast, unpopulated prairies provided an ideal environment for establishing large-scale commercial farms capable of producing grains on a level unimaginable to the smaller farms of Europe. The American Great Plains, comprised of Midwestern states such as Oklahoma, Kansas, and the Dakotas, among others, is known as America’s “Breadbasket” or “Grain Belt” due to the high production of grain crops in this region.
Principal importing countries of wheat, flour, and wheat products from 2014/2015 to 2023/2024
(in 1,000 metric tons)
Characteristic
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
2023/2024*
Russia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
China
-
-
-
-
3,145
5,376
10,618
9,568
13,282
12,500
Egypt
11,300
11,925
11,181
12,407
12,354
12,811
12,149
11,256
11,221
11,000
European Union
5,979
6,916
5,299
6,060
5,763
5,551
5,390
4,612
12,103
11,000
Indonesia
7,478
10,116
10,190
10,763
10,934
10,586
9,995
11,229
9,446
10,500
Turkey
5,960
4,405
4,736
6,092
6,515
11,087
8,051
9,555
12,500
10,000
Algeria
7,257
8,153
8,414
8,172
7,515
7,145
7,680
8,286
8,141
8,300
Morocco
-
-
-
-
3,724
4,879
5,191
4,726
5,770
6,500
Philippines
5,054
4,918
5,708
6,059
7,570
7,065
6,113
6,865
5,743
5,900
Bangladesh
3,354
3,929
4,693
6,472
5,100
6,800
7,200
7,400
5,120
5,800
Japan
5,878
5,715
5,911
5,876
5,726
5,683
5,493
5,605
5,452
5,500
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*Forecast as of January 2024.
All values are Trade Year (TY) data which puts all countries on a uniform, 12-month period for analytical comparisons: trade year for wheat is July/June.
Data prior to 2018/19 have been taken from previous reports.
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US Department of Agriculture. (January 12, 2024). Principal importing countries of wheat, flour, and wheat products from 2014/2015 to 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/190435/principle-importing-countries-of-wheat-flour-and-products/
US Department of Agriculture. "Principal importing countries of wheat, flour, and wheat products from 2014/2015 to 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. January 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/190435/principle-importing-countries-of-wheat-flour-and-products/
US Department of Agriculture. (2024). Principal importing countries of wheat, flour, and wheat products from 2014/2015 to 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/190435/principle-importing-countries-of-wheat-flour-and-products/
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