EU 2017/18 soft wheat exports down 48pc at 2.7mn T by Sept. 5

PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2017/18 season that began on July 1 had reached 2.7 million tonnes by Sept. 5, down 48 percent from the 5.25 million tonnes exported in the same period last year, official data showed on Thursday.

In the latest reporting week, the EU exported 226,000 tonnes of soft wheat, on the basis of a revised week-earlier total of 2.5 million tonnes, the data showed.

EU 2017/18 barley exports had reached 543,000 tonnes by Sept. 5, down 54 percent from 1.2 million a year ago, while maize imports amounted to 2.5 million tonnes, 51 percent above the year-earlier 1.7 million, the data showed.