EU 2017-18 soft wheat exports down 42pc at 3.7mn T by Sept 19

PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2017-18 season that started on July 1 had reached 3.7 million tonnes by Sept. 19, down 42 percent from the 6.3 million tonnes exported by the same stage last season, official data showed on Thursday.

In the latest reporting week, the EU exported 239,000 tonnes of soft wheat, on top of the revised cumulative total of 3.4 million tonnes to the end of the previous week, the data showed.

EU 2017-18 barley exports had reached 908,000 tonnes by Sept. 19, down 34 percent from 1.4 million a year ago. Maize imports came to 3.2 million tonnes, 62 percent above the 2.0 million imported by the same stage last year, the data showed.