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Over 11 million quintals of soft wheat reaped up to JuneSettat - A total of 11.5 million quintals of soft wheat were harvested up to late June at national level, the agriculture minister announced.
Aziz Akhannouch told the press during a tour of the central region of Chaouia-Ourdigha this harvest is expected to reach 27 million quintals by mid-October. According to the agriculture ministry, Morocco banks on a record harvest of 102 million quintals this year, with soft wheat constituting about half of this volume (45 million quintals). The government has recently announced that it had imposed 135% tariffs for soft wheat imports during the second half of the year, instead of 50% in the first half. This measure is meant to shield local farmers from foreign competition, according to the Moroccan authorities, which said the tariffs will be lowered to 50% as of January 2010.
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