Wheat Flour

Bosnia and Herzegovina imports on average 350,000 tons of wheat per year.
Serbia and Croatia – the traditional suppliers – banned wheat exports in
2008, causing some concerns over food supply to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In response, local governments 12 in Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to
increase agricultural support to farmers to encourage them to produce more
grains in the future. Bosnia and Herzegovina imported wheat, flour and pasta
valued at the equivalent of USD 76 million from Hungary, Serbia and the
Russian Federation.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BiH) and the Republika Srpska. There are two levels of government – the entity-level and the
state level of government. The entities are responsible for agricultural and food issues, and
there is no national-level agriculture ministry. Due to this dual governmental structure, there is
no coordinated agricultural policy at the national level.
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