Wheat imports into Egypt 2020, by country of origin
In 2020, Egypt imported 22.9 million metric tons of wheat. The Russian Federation was the largest exporter of wheat to Egypt. In the same year, the country exported 14 million metric tons of the product to Egypt. Ukraine followed exporting 5.5 million metric tons of wheat. Therefore, the implications of the Russia-Ukraine war on the wheat imports of Egypt are expected to be severe. Egypt is the largest importer of wheat in the world.