EU 2017/18 soft wheat exports 1.5mn tonnes by Aug. 15

PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2017/18 season that began on July 1 had reached 1.5 million tonnes by Aug. 15, down 60 percent from the 3.7 million tonnes exported in the same period last year, official data showed on Thursday.

In the latest reporting week, the EU exported 171,000 tonnes of soft wheat, on the basis of a revised week-earlier total of 1.3 million tonnes, the data showed.

EU 2017/18 barley exports had reached 204,000 tonnes by Aug. 15, down 81 percent from 1.1 million a year ago, while maize imports amounted to 1.7 million tonnes, 43 percent above the year-earlier 1.2 million, the data showed.