According to Refinitiv, French soft wheat shipments outside the European Union last month totalled 973,300 tonnes, reaching their highest since the 2014/15 season.
Particularly, shipments to China ramped up following a slow September, showing an initial estimate of 431,500 tonnes.
Rumors on a ship carrying 65,000 tonnes of French soft wheat which loaded at Dunkirk in October that recently exited the Suez canal and headed to an unknown destination are suggesting that the vessel could be another shipment for China.
Algeria following with 193,400 tonnes.
As for barley, French exports outside the EU reached 288,100 tonnes, down from the 372,600 tonnes recorded in September, and less than a third of the 909,900 shipped in August.
Also for barley, China dominated flows, with the October shipments including 165,400 tonnes of feed barley and 60,700 tonnes of maltingbarley for the Asian country.
Another 62,000 tonnes of malting barley were shipped to five other destinations.
Consequently, total grain shipments to all destinations from French ports in October – including barley, malting barley, maize, waxy maize, malt and durum wheat – were at the highest since the 2014/15 season at 1.61 million tonnes.
Meantime, its should to note that farming agency FranceAgriMer this month trimmed its forecast for French soft wheat exports outside the EU over the full July-June 2021/22 season to 9.4 million tonnes, but this is still 2 million tonnes above last season’s total.
(Sourced by Reuters)
