PARIS: The European Union this week granted export licences for 553,000 tonnes of soft wheat, taking the total since the beginning of the 2014/15 (July-June) season to 15.3 million tonnes, official data showed on Thursday.
The total so far this season compared with 15.9 million tonnes of export licences cleared by the same stage last season.
The EU also granted this week licences to export 179,000 tonnes of barley, bringing the total this season to 4.5 million tonnes compared to 4.8 million tonnes at the same stage last season, the data showed.
It also granted export licences for 119,000 tonnes of maize, bringing this season's total to 1.5 million tonnes compared to 2.1 million tonnes by the same stage last season.
In imports, the EU cleared licences for 860,000 tonnes of maize, bringing this season's total to 5.0 million tonnes. This included licences granted under the duty-free import quota for 400,000 tonnes of Ukrainian maize and the first tranche of the quota open to all origins, for 138,994 tonnes.
Bids to import maize under the quotas far exceeded the quantities available, which forced the EU to set an allocation coefficient last week.
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