Egypt to consider sending agriculture inspectors to Ukrainian ports, cancelled contracts : Official

Egypt will consider sending agricultural inspectors to Ukrainian ports to inspect wheat cargoes bound for Egypt, the head of the Egyptian agricultural quarantine, Ahmed el-Attar, has told Reuters.

Egypt has cancelled contracts for a total of 240,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that were booked by its state grains buyer for February and March delivery but never loaded due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The country typically sends inspectors from the quarantine to check cargoes at their port of origin before ships set sail.