Australia’s Feb wheat exports drop 6pc from Jan

Australia exported 3,050,336 tonnes of wheat in February, down 6 percent from the 3,251,260t shipped in January, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The February 2023 figure is up 13pc from the 2,695,173t shipped in February 2022.
In containerised exports, Vietnam on 74,073t followed by China on 59,288t and Thailand on 24,983t were the biggest markets for wheat shipped in February of this year.
In bulk sales, China on 652,888t, Thailand on 301,776t and Vietnam on 295,452t were the biggest markets.
African nations, namely Algeria with 30,348t, Mozambique with 66,000t and South Africa with 44,000t were shipped their first new-crop cargoes from Australia in February.
BOXED | Dec | Jan | Feb | Tonnes |
China | 25353 | 62479 | 59288 | 147119 |
French Polynesia | 618 | 250 | 0 | 868 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 257 | 257 |
Indonesia | 13570 | 15756 | 10669 | 39995 |
Japan | 21 | 0 | 725 | 746 |
Malaysia | 20650 | 26145 | 24927 | 71723 |
Myanmar | 2575 | 3738 | 3752 | 10065 |
New Caledonia | 2553 | 2789 | 3333 | 8675 |
New Zealand | 2850 | 3825 | 3237 | 9912 |
Papua New Guinea | 350 | 425 | 350 | 1125 |
Philippines | 3774 | 4157 | 6080 | 14011 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 382 | 448 | 829 |
Solomon Islands | 1003 | 1511 | 2185 | 4699 |
South Korea | 200 | 46 | 0 | 246 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 125 | 0 | 125 |
Taiwan | 28734 | 30444 | 22542 | 81720 |
Thailand | 23914 | 27231 | 24983 | 76127 |
UK | 496 | 647 | 1370 | 2513 |
Vietnam | 41358 | 74114 | 74073 | 189545 |
TOTAL | 168019 | 254064 | 238216 | 660300 |
Table 1: Australian containerised wheat exports for December 2022 and January and February 2023. Source: ABS
BULK | Dec | Jan | Feb | Tonnes |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 30348 | 30348 |
Bahrain | 0 | 23318 | 0 | 23318 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 19602 | 22349 | 41951 |
China | 838340 | 878215 | 652888 | 2369443 |
Fiji | 26650 | 10500 | 30003 | 67154 |
India | 0 | 34000 | 0 | 34000 |
Indonesia | 365321 | 507563 | 220205 | 1093090 |
Iraq | 0 | 154401 | 55000 | 209401 |
Japan | 125544 | 62200 | 148479 | 336223 |
Jordan | 63000 | 0 | 0 | 63000 |
Kenya | 0 | 27500 | 0 | 27500 |
Kuwait | 88191 | 0 | 43600 | 131791 |
Malaysia | 49343 | 99747 | 117250 | 266340 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 66000 | 66000 |
Myanmar | 17269 | 0 | 24200 | 41469 |
New Zealand | 17043 | 93818 | 72114 | 182975 |
Oman | 12900 | 0 | 55000 | 67900 |
Papua New Guinea | 0 | 43095 | 0 | 43095 |
Philippines | 290263 | 328049 | 187715 | 806027 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 21000 | 21000 |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 44000 | 44000 |
South Korea | 299050 | 297576 | 255500 | 852126 |
Singapore | 0 | 22000 | 0 | 22000 |
Taiwan | 211 | 0 | 257 | 468 |
Thailand | 57999 | 102488 | 301776 | 462263 |
United Arab Emirates | 38303 | 29750 | 12000 | 80053 |
Vietnam | 129460 | 77746 | 295452 | 502659 |
Yemen | 68946 | 185627 | 156985 | 411559 |
DURUM | ||||
Bangladesh | 10238 | 0 | 0 | 10238 |
TOTAL | 2498074 | 2997196 | 2812120 | 8307389 |
Table 2: Australian bulk wheat and durum exports for December 2022 and January and February 2023. Source: ABS. NOTE: This table includes an additional 66,000t of February-shipped wheat to China which incorrectly appeared in original ABS figures because of a coding error.
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