PARIS: European Union soft wheat exports in the 2026/27 season that started in July had reached 9.69 million metric tons by November 1, compared with 9.21 million tons a week earlier and up 3% year on year, European Commission data showed on Monday.
The publication of the EU weekly grain export and import data had been delayed since last Tuesday because of technical issues.
Romania was the largest EU soft wheat exporter so far this season with 4.07 million tons, followed by Lithuania (1.51 million tons), Poland (1.15 million tons), Latvia (0.97 million tons) and Bulgaria (0.78 million tons).
EU barley exports had reached 2.51 million tons, up from 2.27 million tons a week earlier but down 40% year on year.
However, the Commission said export data remained incomplete for France since the start of 2024, for Bulgaria and Ireland since the start of the 2023/24 marketing year and for Greece since January 2026.
In imports, flows of maize into the EU stood at 7.41 million tons, up 0.30 million tons from a week earlier and 34% higher than a year earlier.