EU 2016/17 wheat exports reach 19.6 mln T, 346 000 T this week

PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2016/17 season had reached 19.6 million tonnes by April 18, down 19 percent from 24.1 million exported by the same point last season, official data showed on Thursday.

In the latest reporting week, the EU exported 346,000 tonnes of soft wheat, on the basis of a revised week-earlier total of 19.25 million tonnes, the data showed.

EU barley exports so far this season were 4.2 million tonnes, down 54 percent from a year earlier, while cumulative EU maize imports were 9.3 million tonnes, down 18 percent.