The update featured in this month’s AHDB/HGCA Prospects publication says that while growing conditions have been generally favourable for cereal production in North Africa this year, Morocco suffered a serious drought, which means it could require an extra 1.5Mt of wheatimports over the coming season.

BCE, the export arm of HGCA, which helps stimulate overseas demand for wheat grown in the UK, will be visiting Moroccan millers in October.

George Forbes, BCE Chairman, said: “Unlike the other countries in the North Africa region, Morocco has suffered a very poor growing season because crops were sown late, followed by harsh cold spells in January and February, combined with low rainfall.

“We now intend to visit Moroccan millers in Casablanca to show them our ukp varieties which are for bread flour, as we feel there will be a big demand for exports of milling wheat over the coming months. It will also be a good opportunity to highlight uks, which is used for biscuit making.”

There are four Outward Missions which will take place in Madrid, Spain on 10 October, Porto in Portugal on 11 October and Casablanca, Morocco on 17 October. There are also plans for one in Algeria in November.

BCE will be exhibiting at the European Bourse in Edinburgh, on 5 October, and will also hold its Breadbaking Workshop in February next year. New for 2013 will be a Biscuit Baking Workshop, which aims to get overseas millers learning more about uks wheat.

For more information please visit HGCA website –www.hgca.com/exports