EU: 2 million tonnes of export certificates for barley have been granted up to Jan. 30

Export estimates of EU barley during the present crop year range from 3.3 to 4.0 million tonnes. 2 million tonnes of export certificates have been granted to-date, maybe the second half of the campaign will see larger export volumes, as supplies from the Black Sea are drying up.

678,000 tons of the bookings were "daily" licences with no refund. Analysts estimate that 400,000 tonnes were booked for exports of malting barley. EU malting exports went mainly to China, Colombia, South Africa and Turkey. Russia has so far been a minimal customer for crop 2005 barley. China imported 300,000 tonnes of French barley during the year, most of it, however, of crop 2004.

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