http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/4813.htm 2008-05-26 Yemen's Minister of Trade and Industry Yahya al-Mutawakil on Monday expected a rise in Yemen's consumption of imported food to around 3 mill lion tons during the present year. In a statement to almotamar.net the Minister said it is expected that there will be an increase be Yemen's consumption of grains, rice and other food stuffs in the year 2008 to around 3 million tons compared to 2.7 million tons in 2007.