RIYADH: Saudi Arabia expects to import up to 800,000 tons of milling wheat in the year to September 2009 as it seeks to build up stocks while scaling back domestic wheat farming, a grains authority official said yesterday.
Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) plans to issue a tender in April or May for the purchase of 200,000-300,000 tons of milling wheat after it tendered last week to buy 500,000 tons of milling wheat, the official told Reuters.