Bulgaria's 2002/03 wheat exports could secure close to 1 million tonnes.

Bulgaria's 2002/03 wheat exports could secure close to 1 million tonnes, matching the high of 1995/96 according to a farm ministry official.

Boiko Boev delegate Agriculture Minister, said shipments to date had hit 780 000t more than double the tome sent out by the same point last season.

"There is a potential that total exports from the 2002 lop would reach one million tonnes thanks to a sustained demand mainly from the European Union, Spain and Italy in