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The value of
Algeria’s cereal, semolina and flour imports declined 34.13 percent in
the first six months of this year, customs data showed on Monday,
reflecting the impact of last year’s strong domestic harvest.

The bill stood at $969 million, down from $1.47 billion in the
January-June period of last year, according to the data published by
the official APS news agency. It gave no figure on the import volumes.
Algeria’s domestic grain harvest reached a record 6.1 million tonnes in
2009, allowing it to reduce imports. Algeria’s overall food imports
were down 11 percent to $2.99 billion in the first quarter of this year
from $3.35 billion in the same period of 2009, the customs data
published on Monday showed.