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In its first projections for the next cereal crop season, the Commission forecast that EU soft wheat exports would rise to 28.9 million tonnes in 2017/18 from an expected 24.0 million in 2016/17.
EU soft wheat stocks at the end of 2017/18 were seen at 10.2 million tonnes, little changed from 10.3 million forecast for the end of the current season.
The Commission projected the EU's 2017/18 barley crop at 62.7 million tonnes, up 5.0 percent, and maize production at 66.6 million tonnes, up 10.3 percent.