Australia: Malting barley sales to slow because of Chinese New Year

WA Grain Pool says that malting barley sales have been slow recently due to the Chinese New Year but sales should soon pick up. "At this point in time, Australia really has been holding the major stocks of malting barley around the world," ABC reported on January 31.

"The Canadians don't have a lot to offer to the marketplace, that puts us in a good position and of course the next lot of supplies of malting barley really come out of Europe in August, so some time away yet.

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