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EU wheat exports increased by 11 percent

Wheat
Latvia
Published May 31, 2023

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In the 2022/23 season, which began in July, the European Union reached 28.40 million tons of wheat exports by May 27, which is an 11 percent increase compared to the previous season's 25.47 tons. So far, EU barley exports in 2022/23 have been 5.93 million tonnes, down 13 percent from 6.84 million a year ago, while EU maize imports totaled 24.34 million tonnes, up 61 percent from a year ago. compared to 15.14 million earlier. The import of wheat was 8.23 million tons, 243 percent higher than the previous figure. Barley imports reached 1.91 million tons, which is 119 percent more than a year earlier. EU grain imports surged amid drought-hit last year's harvest and an influx of grain from Ukraine. The situation led to a temporary restriction of deliveries to the eastern part of the EU.

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A breakdown of the EU data showed that France remained by far the biggest EU wheat exporter this season, shipping 9.67 million tonnes, followed by Romania with 4.05 million, followed by Germany with 3.61 million, Lithuania with 2.60 million and Latvia with 2.22 million tons, the international agricultural press reported with reference to the British Thomson Reuters news agency. After signing up, the system will send a ...
Source: AgroForum
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