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July 8, 2003 - Tuesday |
Serbian agriculture minister says there will be enough wheat
19:19 NOVI SAD, July 8 (Tanjug) - Serbian Agriculture Minister Stojan Jeftic said in Novi Sad on Tuesday that the import of wheat would not be necessary, that the harvest of 1.25 million tonnes, including last year's stocks, would be enough to satisfy domestic needs, and that the "size of commodity reserves will remain a state secret."
Speaking at a joint news conference with his host, Vojvodina executive council president Djordje Djukic, Jeftic said that the yield was somewhat less than the planned 1.4 million tonnes and by 29 percent lower than the three-year average in the republic.
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