Syria Raises State Wheat Purchase Price Above $400 per Tonne
Syria's government announced an increase in the official wheat procurement price to more than $400 per tonne, up from the $330 set for the earlier part of the harvest season. The revision follows widespread farmer complaints that the previous price did not cover production costs.
Syria raised its state wheat purchase price to above $400 per tonne, a significant step up from the 46,000 new Syrian pounds — roughly $330 — set at the start of the 2025 harvest season. Farmer groups in the northern and eastern wheat-growing regions had publicly rejected the earlier figure as insufficient to cover fuel and fertilizer costs, raising concerns about reduced planting in subsequent seasons.
The revised price is intended to stem that risk and bring more of the domestic harvest into the state procurement system. Syria produced above 2 million tonnes of wheat this season, its strongest output since the conflict years, when annual production fell below 1 million tonnes. Before 2011 the country produced over 4 million tonnes per year.
The price increase reflects pressure on the new Syrian government to move quickly toward food self-sufficiency. Dependence on wheat imports carries both budgetary and strategic risk for a country still rebuilding its institutional capacity after more than a decade of civil war.