Algeria: After Wheat, New Tensions with France in the Agricultural Sector

Author: Gildas AmoussouPublished on: October 29, 2026Country: Algeria

Business & EconomyWorld / International

Algeria: After Wheat, New Tensions with France in the Agricultural Sector

Algeria has reportedly asked its urea producers to stop exporting to France, according to Reuters, while Algeria supplies about 30% of France’s urea imports. Algiers has denied imposing restrictions, and Paris says it has received no official notification; the measure’s duration and scope remain unknown. The dispute adds to trade tensions that followed Emmanuel Macron’s support for an autonomy plan for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty. French wheat exports to Algeria fell from 5.4 million tonnes in 2018 to 608,000 tonnes in 2023.

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