Yemen welcomes Australian decision to end wheat export monopoly

SANA'A, Sep. 01 (Saba)- Minister of Industry and Trade Yahya
al-Mutawakel welcomed on Monday the Australian government decision
to end wheat export's monopoly to Yemen and qualify a number of
Yemeni companies to import.

He considered the decision as an opportunity to extend import
operation to insure increasing competition and stop monopoly.

The Minister held talks with the General Director of Agricultural
Crops in the Australian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fishery
Rossel Philips on the new measures of marketing and exporting crops
adopted by Australian government.