# GIEWS Country Brief: Morocco 21-July-2022 - Morocco | ReliefWeb

> FAO's GIEWS brief reports Morocco's 2022 wheat production at about 2.5 million tonnes, over 55% below the five-year average, after drought cut rainfall roughly in half. Barley output is estimated at 690,000 tonnes, one-third of the five-year average, and wheat imports are expected to rise in 2022/23.

- Date: 2022-07-21 · published 2022-07-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Morocco · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40818-giews-country-brief-morocco-21-july-2022-morocco-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Moroccan cereal output boosts import demand for wheat and barley, supporting international grain prices and feed grain costs for Moroccan buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-09 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Namibia 09-October-2024 - Namibia \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27779-giews-country-brief-namibia-09-october-2024-namibia-reliefweb.md) | -0.6% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-16 | [Afternoon Market Recap for July 16, 2021 - Morrow County Grain Growers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7780-afternoon-market-recap-for-july-16-2021-morrow-county-grain-growers.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-27 | [Sudan Situation Report, 27 March 2022 EN/AR - Sudan \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42349-sudan-situation-report-27-march-2022-en-ar-sudan-reliefweb.md) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-05 | [Crop Monitor for Early Warning \| No. 111 - December 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21411-crop-monitor-for-early-warning-no-111-december-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.6% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-14 | [July 2022 La Niña update: comic timing \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40391-july-2022-la-nina-update-comic-timing-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +8.4% | +8.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-08-14 | [Brief La Niña expected in fall 2025 before ENSO neutral returns, says US CPC \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23243-brief-la-nina-expected-in-fall-2025-before-enso-neutral-returns-says-us-cpc-gma.md) | -1.2% | -3.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-02-17 | [Daily Market Wire 17 February 2021 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9255-daily-market-wire-17-february-2021-grain-central.md) | +0.5% | -4.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-01-04 | [Market Closes - January 4, 2022 - Kentucky Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5773-market-closes-january-4-2022-kentucky-farm-bureau.md) | -1.7% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/morocco/giews-country-brief-morocco-21-july-2022

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