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Syria receives over 2 million tons of wheat from 2026 harvest
July 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Syria's Ministry of Economy and Industry announced it had received more than 2 million tons of wheat from farmers as of July 12, 2026.
- The ministry said the receipts were delivered through 116,000 transactions across 84 collection centers in 11 governorates.
- Hasaka governorate accounted for 907,000 tons, or 43.7 percent of total deliveries.
- Ahmad Jalal al-Ahmad of the Agriculture Ministry predicted the harvest would reach 2.3 to 2.5 million tons, up from 900,000 tons last year.
- The delivered wheat comprised 1.129 million tons of soft wheat and 947,000 tons of durum wheat.
