EU awards 926 T wheat, 3,230 T barley in weekly grain quota imports

• Importers also applied for 3,230 tonnes of Ukrainian barley in the latest week but no requests were made for maize (corn), the data showed.
• The total volume of wheat quota imports approved so far for the year rose to 67,177 tonnes

PARIS: The European Union approved licences to import 926 tonnes of wheat in its third award under this year's tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for cereals, official data showed.

The total volume of wheat quota imports approved so far for the year rose to 67,177 tonnes, with most booked under a duty-free tranche reserved for Ukrainian supplies.

Importers also applied for 3,230 tonnes of Ukrainian barley in the latest week but no requests were made for maize (corn), the data showed.