Wheat Flour

Figure 27: Imports of maize flour to the WBCs (tons)
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
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Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia & Montenegro FYR Macedonia
Source: FAOSTAT
7.3 Wheat and wheat flour industries in selected WBCs
Serbia is a net wheat exporter, supplying about 100,000–150,000 tons mostly
to the former Yugoslav countries. The government provides some support to
wheat producers: CSD 5,000 (Serbian dinars) (USD 70/ton) per ton per ha and
CSD 750 (USD 11/ton) for wheat storage as well as low interest commercial
loans to qualified farmers.
Domestic wheat consumption in Serbia is estimated at about 1.8–2 million
tons per year, including 1.3 million tons for human consumption. There are
340 wheat elevators of various sizes in Serbia. They are owned by milling
companies, grain traders and farmer cooperatives. The total capacity of these
elevators is estimated at 3.8 million tons. Wheat milling capacity is estimated at
about 2.5 million tons per year, but only about 60% of this capacity is currently
utilized. There are 120 industrial bread production facilities in addition to a
large number of registered bakeries (about 1,700) with an annual capacity
of about 1.5 million tons of bread and bread products. There are six large
companies involved in pasta production and over 600 small private pasta
producers in Serbia (USDA/FAS 11 ).
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