Kazakhstan announced a halt to grain trade with China after the Chinese partners introduced new regulations on imports. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan sees this as a reason for a drop in the price of wheat.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, grain export contracts lost $20 within a week, possibly because of a heavy yield. Referring to the Bureau of National Statistics, there were 13.1 million hectares of wheat sown, and 264,100 hectares of fall wheat are left as of July 2024.
As of July, a kilogram of wheat costs $0.26 ($215.81 per ton). The...