In August, Australia exported 350.5 thousand tons of barley, a 4% decrease compared to July. Decreased exports of feed barley were offset by increased supplies of malting barley. This was mainly due to the return of Australian barley to the Chinese market after the abolishment of protective duties, with China becoming the largest buyer of Australian malting barley in August.
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In August, Australia exported 350.5 thousand tons of barley in August, which is 4% less than in July. This was reported by the Grain On-Line agency with reference to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Exports of feed barley in August decreased to 256.2 thousand tons, by 11% compared to July. Supplies of malting barley increased by 23%, to 218.9 thousand tons. As expected, August export figures reflect the return of Australian barley to the Chinese market. On August 5, China abolished the protective duties (80.5%) on the import of Australian barley that had been in force for more than three years. As a result, Australia began supplying malting and feed barley for the first time since 2020. In August, China became the largest buyer of Australian malting barley (54.2 thousand tons), followed by Mexico (33 thousand tons) and Vietnam (3.5 thousand tons). In August, feed barley was exported to Japan (166.4 thousand tons), Vietnam (78.7 thousand tons), Taiwan (3.8 thousand tons), China ...
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