Shortage of European malt predicted in the global food market

In the global food market, a shortage of malt from the European Union is predicted, Profibeer reports. The main reason is the expected problems with the harvest of barley, a valuable raw material for its preparation. The European Commission predicts that in 27 countries of the bloc the harvest of this crop will decrease from 55 to 54.7 million tons, imports - from 1.9 to one million, and exports will remain at the same level. The problem is exacerbated by the export duty on Russian grain. Profibeer recalls that for the past several seasons in a row, our country was one of the key suppliers of grain to the EU for brewing. Read also Brewers will not be allowed to indicate some of the components on the label The second factor is a sharp increase in the export of malt. According to the agency, supplies of an important component for beer over the reporting period (from July last year to February this year) increased by 6.2 percent to almost 1.99 million tons. Most of it was exported to ...