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Saudi Arabia’s wheat storage capacity amounts to 3.5m tons: SAGO official


Wed, 2022-09-14 20:18

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s wheat storage capacity amounts to 3.5 million tons, distributed across 14 branches in the Kingdom, the deputy governor of the Saudi Grains Organization, Mohammed Al-Fawzan, told CNBC Arabia. 

The official said that a project to construct silos in NEOM city has also been awarded to enhance the Kingdom’s storage capacity. The storage capacity of the silos will be 120,000 tons. 

He said Saudi Arabia has eight strategic commodities in strategic storage, including wheat, soybeans and corn.

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