Australia in August reduced the export of feed barley and increased the shipment of sorghum

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in August the country slightly reduced the export of feed barley, but increased the shipment of sorghum, according to Grain Central. In particular, during the reporting period, Australia shipped 495.6 thousand tons of feed barley to foreign markets compared to 497.9 thousand tons last month. The main volumes were exported to Taiwan - 322.6 (222.7) thousand tons, Qatar - 52.5 thousand tons and New Zealand - 16 (6.3) thousand tons. Sorghum exports increased by 13% m/m to 251.4 thousand tons, of which 241 thousand tons were shipped to China. Separately, it should be noted that Australia increased the export of malting barley in August - up to 106.5 thousand tons against 93 thousand tons in the previous month. At the same time, market operators noted that after ...