EU soft wheat exports down 26 pct in 2016/17

PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2016/17 season that ended on June 30 totalled 23.4 million tonnes, down 26 percent from 31.5 million in 2015/16, official data showed on Thursday.

The full-year total, which is subject to revision in the coming weeks, included 50,000 tonnes of soft wheat exports for the final reporting period of the season covering June 28-30, the data showed.

EU barley exports in 2016/17 reached 5.2 million tonnes, down 52 percent from the previous season.

EU maize imports of 12.9 million tonnes showed a smaller 3 percent drop from the prior season's 13.3 million. The full-year maize import total included 383,000 tonnes for the June 28-30 period, the data showed.