The quarantine service of Egypt refused party canadian wheat in the admission to the territory of countries which have become standard charges in excess of the content of ergot. AGENTSTVO reports Reuters.

Thus, a series of failures on imports is prolonged, exacerbating the problem of trust to the Egyptian authorities by international traders.

Recall that the epidemic is "sporing" bounce began with a cargo of French wheat 63 thousand tons, which the company Bunge put in the address of the Egyptian state company GASC in December 2015. Moreover, the grain was tested and approved by the Egyptian inspectors in the port of shipment. Claims for ergot were brought against two French supplies. However, they had a wide media coverage, apparently, because of their small volumes.

The bounce was based on the draconian requirement of the quarantine service and the Ministry of agriculture of Egypt on the content of ergot – zero. Such a requirement is absolutely impossible and contrary to international standards, allowing the content of the ergot of 0.05%. Some time later, Egyptian officials in a rather vague form recognized the need to adhere to world standards, but proved to give a written warranty. As the case with the canadian wheat, the words of Egyptians continue to diverge with what they are doing.

Cargo of canadian wheat, which is in the port of Alexandria, denied acceptance twice. Moreover, the exemption also States the presence of traces of ergot, but does not specify a particular percentage. After the second refusal, 08 February the supplier, at its expense, has organized three independent review, which showed that the content of ergot even below the standard of 0.05%. And yet, according to the Egyptian source, next week it is expected the final refusal by the quarantine service of Egypt.

We will remind that on Monday Egypt refused to accept 4 cargo of U.S. soybeans with a total volume of 120 thousand tons due to claims for excess content of the seeds of ragweed.

The head of the quarantine service of Egypt Saad Moussa refused to comment AGN. Reuters over the policy of his Department on 06 January.