U.S. exporters will have the opportunity to sell 170000 tonnes of wheat to West African countries under the Export Enhancement Program the U.S. Agriculture Department said. It said in addition to Benin Cameroon Ivory Coast Ghana and Togo four more countries -- Burkina Faso Gabon Liberia and Niger -- have been declared eligible under the initiative. The export sales will be subsidized with commodities from the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) it said. West African countries have already purchased 129500 tonnes of wheat under previously announced export bonus programs it noted.
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