Grain exports from the EU fell by 30%
From the beginning of the current season (July 1, 2024) to December 15, the EU countries exported 15.5 million tons of grain and its processed products, which is 30% less than in the same period last season.
Grain exports by the EU countries from July 1 to December 15, 2024.
| Commodity | Export | |
| tons | in % y/y | |
| Milling wheat | 10 536 | -31 |
| Milling wheat flour (grain equivalent) | 168 975 | -24 |
| Durum wheat | 220 713 | -6 |
| Wheat and flour, total | 11 002 003 | -30 |
| Barley | 2 091 486 | -34 |
| Malt (grain equivalent) | 1 413 414 | +1 |
| Corn | 888 072 | -51 |
| Rye | 42 731 | -34 |
| Grain, total | 15 482 143 | -30 |
The largest grain exporter among the EU countries was Romania, which supplied to foreign markets 2.95 mln tons of soft wheat, 1.24 mln tons of barley and 419.8 thsd tons of other grain crops in the period under review.
The main export destinations for soft wheat of European origin in the current season were Nigeria (1.76 mln tons), Morocco (999.1 thsd tons), Great Britain (852.1 thsd tons), Egypt (817.7 thsd tons) and Algeria (699.8 thsd tons).
Barley was supplied mainly to Saudi Arabia (512.1 thsd tons), China (306.1 thsd tons), Algeria (262.2 thsd tons), Morocco (219.7 thsd tons) and Jordan (174.4 thsd tons).
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