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The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) has resumed purchases of Russian wheat, which were suspended in February 2023. The state-owned company bought 300,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia’s United Grain Company on C&F terms, according to the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers.
This is the first wheat purchase since February 2023. Turkiye’s wheat harvest fell to 17.9 million tonnes in the 2025/2026 season from 19 million tonnes a year earlier and a record 21 million tonnes in the 2023/2024. Given the strong domestic harvest in the previous two seasons, the TMO ceased importing foreign wheat.
However, Russia continued to export wheat to Turkiye through commercial channels. Russian Grain Union monitoring showed that Turkiye was the second largest buyer of Russian wheat after Egypt in October, when wheat shipments to the country jumped 90% year-on-year to 883,000 tonnes.
Wheat is a common ingredient in Turkish bulgur, a cereal product made from cooked, dried, and ground wheat, which is a staple in Turkish cuisine.
The 2025 Russian wheat harvest is forecast to be strong, with most analysts predicting a total of 87–88.6 million tons. This is an improvement over the previous year and is supported by record yields in regions like Siberia and the Urals, although the southern region’s harvest remains weaker. The overall grain harvest is also expected to be strong, projected at around 135.3 million tons.
Russian wheat exports for the 2025/26 season are forecast to be around 43.4 million tons.
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