Australia exported a record large 3.8 million tonnes of wheat in March
Wheat
Australia
Published May 13, 2023
Tridge summary
China remains the largest export destination by some margin with March shipments exceeding 1.1 million tonnes.
Original content
Record Australian wheat exports in March Australia's wheat exports are going from strength to strength. Recently released government export trade data showed Australia exported a record large 3.8 million tonnes of wheat in March. This comfortably exceeded the previous record of 3.25mt set in January. China remains the largest export destination by some margin with March shipments exceeding 1.1mt. Vietnam was the next largest destination with around 387,000 tonnes. Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines all took more than 300,000t of Australian wheat in March. Australia has shipped close to 16.6mt of wheat from October to March, representing the first six months of the 2022-23 marketing season. This is more than 2.5mt ahead of the same period in the 2021-22 season, which was easily Australia's largest wheat export season. All states contributed to the monthly export record set in March. Western Australia accounted for around 1.25mt of wheat exports. More than 800,000t of wheat were ...
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