The US will provide Jordan with 200,000 metric tons of American wheat worth approximately $26 million, under an agreement signed Monday in Amman.
The agreement was signed between US Charge d’affaires in Amman, Gregory Berry, and Minister of Planning Jawad Hadid, according to an embassy statement faxed to Albawbaa.com.
The US wheat accounts for one-third of the bread consumed in Jordan, said the statement.
“The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving the wheat to Jordan under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949.
The 200,ooo metric tons of wheat will be shipped to Jordan in batches expected to arrive later this year.”
The signed agreement brings US wheat donations to Jordan to a three-year total of 680,0000 metric tons worth about $86 million, said the statement, noting it is one of the largest such programs in the world – Albawaba.com
