date:Jul 25, 2013
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The push for the imports comes as Reuters interviews with farmers and new analyst forecasts showed damage from frost and rains was estimated to have ruined as much as 20 million tonnes of China's wheat crop, equivalent to Australia's annual exports.
China has already booked more than 3 million tonnes of wheat shipments in the year to June 2014 - matching total imports for all of last year - and is estimated to need 10 million tonnes of imports for the year, which would be more t