date:Aug 29, 2013
mported 7.4 million tonnes of wheat in 2012-13 and was forecast to import 7.5 million tonnes in 2013-14.
In most years, U.S. wheat exports to Brazil have been miniscule. But Brazil turned to the United States for supply this year because of export restrictions imposed by the Argentine government in response to rising domestic wheat prices in the wake of a drop in wheat production in 2012-13. The 2012-13 Argentine crop was 10 million tonnes, which was the nations smallest wheat outturn since 199