First place in the import of wheat in November, he took Belgium (152 kt), which is ahead of Algeria (106 thousand tons), traditionally the largest importer of French soft wheat.

Wheat exports from the beginning of the current season dropped to 4.1 million tonnes, at 33% compared to last season.

Exports of soft wheat are down for the sixth month in a row. After an active start early in the season, when the French exporters exported the remains of the old crop wheat, in the fall of exports slowed down due to the poor crops harvested in the new season.

According to FranceAgriMer estimates, the gross harvest of wheat has fallen to 28,0 million tonnes, 32% compared to last season. For the entire season, France is probably the exports of 10.9 million tonnes of soft wheat (-47% compared to last season), including in countries outside the EU – 4.7 million tons (-63%). According to some experts, this season France may give the first place in wheat export among the EU countries Romania and Germany.