Egypt wheat reserves at 1.740m tons, enough for 71 days

CAIRO, April 17 (Reuters) - Egypt's current wheat reserves dropped to 1.740 million tonnes, enough to last 71 days, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Expected foreign contracts for wheat will add 120,000 tonnes, raising the expected wheat reserves to 1.860, enough to last 75 days, it added.

On April 3 wheat reserves stood at 2 million tonnes.

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif)

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