# UPDATE 1-Tunisia asks supplier to avoid French wheat due to port strikes - Africa Breaking News | Top Stories | Political | Business | Entertainment | Sport

> Tunisia's state grain agency ODC asked a supplier to avoid French wheat for a sale from West Europe because of continuing French port strikes. The letter, dated January 28, cites recent shipment hampering and risk to French sales. Another 24-hour port stoppage was called for the following Wednesday.

- Date: 2020-01-29 · published 2020-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55088-update-1-tunisia-asks-supplier-to-avoid-french-wheat-due-to-port-strikes-africa
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A major buyer steering away from French origin shifts demand to Black Sea and other EU sources, a bearish signal for French wheat sales but supportive of competing origins.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

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| WHEAT | 2023-11-02 | [Ag Market Update: Wheat Prices Drop, China Becomes Top Wheat Importer, and Soybean Complex Dynamics - IASG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33221-ag-market-update-wheat-prices-drop-china-becomes-top-wheat-importer-and-soybean.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- africa.timesofnews.com: https://africa.timesofnews.com/country/tunisia/update-1-tunisia-asks-supplier-to-avoid-french-wheat-due-to-port-strikes.html

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