AMMAN — Jordan’s wheat stock is sufficient to cover
the local need for about 13 months, but the government is working to raise it
to 15 months, Minister of Agriculture Khaled Al-Hneifat said, according to
Amman Net.
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Hneifat said raising the wheat stock is an effort
undertaken by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply. He said the quantity
of stored wheat is “the highest stock” of its kind in the Arab world.
He said Jordan has adequate stock of barley, enough to
last it 11 months.
He explained that the cost of storing 1 tonne of wheat
in horizontal containers stands at JD1.20, compared with JD13 stored in
vertical stands.
Hneifat explained that the horizontal containers allowed
Jordan to store huge amounts of wheat during the coronavirus pandemic and prior
to the Russian-Ukraine crisis, the latter having caused a dramatic rise in
wheat prices globally.
The minister maintained that Jordan imports the bulk, or
85 percent, of its wheat from Romania.
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