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U.S. Wheat Associates to close Cairo office

U.S. Wheat Associates will close its Cairo, Egypt office December 1. The U.S. wheat industry’s export market development organization began considering changes as the supply of lower priced wheat from Russia increased.  US Wheat President Vince Peterson says closing the Cairo office was a difficult decision.  Since 2016, regional management for US Wheat’s Middle East operations has been with its office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Peterson says U.S. Wheat will continue to provide trade service to wheat buyers in Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region on a targeted basis.

US Wheat gets funding from 17 state wheat commissions and USDA’s Foreign Ag Service.