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Change trend

October 05, 2007
Crop 2007
2rs Barley €325.0-327.0 0.61%
6rw Barley €296.0-298.0 0.34%
2rs Malt €563.5-565.5 0.44%
6rw Malt €526.5-528.5 0.28%
Crop 2008
2rs Barley €290.0-292.0 0.68%
6rw Barley €253.0-255.0 0.39%
2rs Malt €517.5-519.5 0.38%
6rw Malt €470.5-472.5 0.32%

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E-malt.com Newsletter 40b
October 04 - October 07, 2007

Quote of the week

"Give a man a beer, and he wastes an hour, but teach a man how to brew, and he wastes a lifetime."



Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 05-October-2007

1 EUR = 1.4107 USD
1 EUR = 0.6937 GBP
1 EUR = 1.4089 CAD
1 EUR = 1.5951 AUD
1 EUR = 164.472 JPY
1 EUR = 2.5937 BRL
1 EUR = 35.2561 RUB
1 EUR = 10.6028 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 05-October-2007

1 USD = 0.7089 EUR
1 USD = 0.4917 GBP
1 USD = 0.9988 CAD
1 USD = 1.1307 AUD
1 USD = 116.598 JPY
1 USD = 1.8387 BRL
1 USD = 24.9926 RUB
1 USD = 7.5162 CNY

EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Top Industry News
Canada: Labatt Breweries to spend $45 million on production upgrade at Halifax plant... Click here

Romania: 700 million litres of beer consumed over summer months... Click here

Australia: Foster's workers walk off the job... Click here

Bulgaria: Carlsberg Bulgaria narrows gap to second-ranked brewer... Click here

France: Heineken to appeal ban on adverts... Click here

Singapore & India: Asia Pacific Breweries bets on strong India growth... Click here

USA: Cargill to reopen Sheboygan malting plant... Click here

Australia: Barley producer slashes profit as drought hurts... Click here

Canada: Barley crop better than last year but lower than estimations... Click here

Ukraine: Barley trade more active on high prices... Click here

More News
Canada: High-ethanol beer, sold in Kamloops and Toronto area was meant only for display ... More Info

USA: Constellation Brands reports higher 2nd-quarter profit ... More Info

India: United Breweries resolves Shaw Wallace income tax litigation ... More Info

USA: Pilsner Urquell celebrates the birth of Golden Beer ... More Info

Philippines: San Miguel Brewery union sign CBA ... More Info

USA: Government to liberalize beer sales in Pennsylvania ... More Info

UK: Beer sales drop at Globe Pub Company due to poor summer ... More Info

Singapore: Singapore's Fraser and Neave group CEO quits over differences with board ... More Info

USA: Aladdin Beverage to introduce Macau Ale in US ... More Info

UK: Marton’s blames poor summer weather for drop in profits ... More Info

South Africa: Delivery problems cause beer shortage ... More Info

Nigeria: Amstel Malta unveils new beer label ... More Info



Brewery News
Canada: Labatt Breweries to spend $45 million on production upgrade at Halifax plant

Labatt Breweries is pouring $45 million into an upgrade of packaging and production lines at its Oland Brewery operation in Halifax, The Canadian Press reported October 4.

The capital investment means an increase in annual production volume to 1.3 million hectoliters, or more than 380 million bottles. The money comes from Labatt's global parent company, InBev.

The brewery and the province of Nova Scotia have struck a marketing alliance that both say works to promote their brands through the Alexander Keith's label.

In all markets across the country Alexander Keith's beers carry the symbolic words of "Imported from Nova Scotia" and the recognizable Nova Scotia flag.


Romania: 700 million litres of beer consumed over summer months

The high temperatures, the tens of millions of euros spent on promotion, as well as over 125 available brands have brought beer consumption over the summer period to 700 million litres, with registered sales worth 500 million euros, Ziarul Financiar published October 5.

Over the three summer months, beer sales almost equalled the level registered for the first five months of the year. "The summer months account for 36-38% of our annual beer sales, however this year saw a big sales boom in the first quarter, when sales of multinational companies increased 37%," says Constantin Bratu, general manager of the Romanian Brewers Association, which includes Heineken Romania, Ursus Breweries, InBev Romania and United Romania Breweries Bereprod (URBB), the bottler of Tuborg and Carlsberg.

In the summer of 2005, beer consumption amounted to 5.5 million hectolitres, however, in June-August this year, the market surpassed the 7 million-hectolitre mark, an over 27% rise, according to data from the Romanian Brewers Association.

"Sales of the four multinational companies on the beer market (members of the Romanian Brewers Association) increased 17% between June and August this year, to 5.5 million hectolitres," says Bratu.

In 2005, the leading beer producers sold 3.8 million hectolitres of beer, with ...
More Info


Australia: Foster's workers walk off the job

Hundreds of workers at the Foster's brewery in Queensland have walked off the job in a protest over the company's efforts to introduce a non-union collective agreement, AAP reported October 5.

Members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union stopped work at the Yatala Brewery, south of Brisbane, at 11am (AEST).

A union spokeswoman said the workers would rally in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley today and would return to work at 3pm (AEST).

Another strike is scheduled for next Wednesday if no agreement has been reached.

ETU organiser Scott Wilson accused the company of using federal industrial relations laws to override what employees wanted.

"The employees at Yatala brewery have clearly indicated their desire for a union collective agreement but the company continues to ignore their wishes," he said.

Foster's has indicated the strike will not affect production.


Bulgaria: Carlsberg Bulgaria narrows gap to second-ranked brewer

Carlsberg Bulgaria, the Bulgarian arm of one of the world's largest brewers, reported sales growth of 26.5 per cent year-on-year in January-September 2007, officials from the Bulgarian office of the company reported, according to Sofia Echo, October 5.

Despite that the result represents a slight retreat from the 30 per cent growth level achieved last year, the company has narrowed its lag behind the first- and second-ranked players on the market, Heineken and InBev. Thus, Carlsberg is now in control of 25 per cent of the market, whereas Heineken and InBev hold with 30 and 26 per cent, respectively.

The sales pick-up is largely attributable to soaring sales of Shoumensko pivo, up 24 per cent on the year. This is logical because in the past six months the company complemented the Shoumensko pivo brand portfolio with four new products. Shoumensko is now available in 1 l and 1.5 l bottles, in a 500 ml can and a retro-bottle in honour of Shoumensko's 125th anniversary.

The company will continue with investments into technological upgrades. In the next three years it plans to invest 20 million leva in its Shoumen-based brewery.


France: Heineken to appeal ban on adverts

Heineken, one of the six official sponsors of the Rugby World Cup in France, are to appeal against a ruling forcing them to pull associated advertising from local magazines and newspapers, The Financial Times Limited reported October 4.

A Paris court ruled on Tuesday that four publicity visuals used by Heineken are illegal under France's 1991 Evin Law, which controls advertising of alcoholic drinks.

The case against Heineken, taken by the National Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Addiction (ANPAA), is the second in which the brewer has been charged with breaking French laws governing alcohol advertising.

Heineken said in a statement they would appeal the latest ruling on the grounds they had done their best to respect local laws.

Asked if they felt "persecuted" in France, Heineken said no.

"Heineken's relationship with RWC 2007 is to make the tournament an enjoyable, unique and memorable experience for rugby and its fans across the world," said Vivi Hollertt, a Heineken spokesperson.

Hollertt said the company's promotional activities, in about 15 markets, were adapted to fit local laws; for example, they offered alcohol-free beer in France.

However, the company may yet again have to defend themselves against one of the ANPAA's original charges - one that was not ...
More Info


Singapore & India: Asia Pacific Breweries bets on strong India growth

Singapore's Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd will tap rising incomes and younger populations in China, India and Vietnam to drive growth over the next decade, a senior company official said, according to Reuters, October 4.

India's per capita consumption of beer is just 1 litre, lagging other Asian markets such as Thailand and Singapore, but rising incomes and easing regulations are helping the market grow quickly, said Vivek Chhabra, director for South Asia at APB.

"The real attraction is the growth opportunity, as it's one of the fastest-growing beer markets in the world," he said at the launch of APB's first brand in India, Baron's Strong Brew.

"As the market matures, there will be a shift to more premium beers," he said. Premium beers made up less than 1 percent of the Indian market, compared to about 15 percent in Vietnam, he said.

Strong beer makes up about two-thirds of the Indian market, estimated at nearly 11 million hectolitres in the year to March 2007, up 27 percent from a year earlier, Chhabra said.

Strong beer is forecast to grow at about 18 percent annually over the next five years, with the total beer market expected to more ...
More Info

Malt News
USA: Cargill to reopen Sheboygan malting plant

Cargill Inc. announced that it will reopen the malting facility in Sheboygan on December 1, 2007. The facility will focus on producing limited quantities of specialty malt products for the craft brewing industry, Journal Sentinel published October 3.

"That's great news," said Russell Klisch, president of Lakefront Brewery Inc., a craft brewer based in Milwaukee.

Klisch said the prices of malt and hops - both key ingredients in beer - are increasing. He said growing demand for both products, along with restricted supplies caused by droughts and other factors, are driving those price increases.

The addition of a new malting facility in Wisconsin will help reduce shipping costs for the state's brewers, Klisch said. Some brewers import their malted grains, he said.

"If they're good-quality malts," Klisch said, "I won't have to ship them all the way from Belgium."

Overall U.S. beer sales volume increased just 2% in 2006, according to Beer Marketer's Insights, a trade publication.

But the sales volume for craft and specialty beers, a category that includes Wisconsin brewers such as New Glarus Brewing Co. and Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., increased 11%, according to the Brewers Association, a trade group for craft brewers. That segment is on pace for another 11% increase in ...
More Info

Barley News
Australia: Barley producer slashes profit as drought hurts

ABB Grain's full-year profit is as much as 74 per cent lower than earlier estimates because of the drought, Bloomberg reported September 5.

Profit for the year ended September 30 was $5 million to $8 million, down from a February estimate of $16 million to $19 million, Adelaide-based ABB Grain said yesterday. That compared with $66.7 million a year earlier.

Drought has slashed barley production in Australia and the forecast for barley, wheat and canola crops was cut by 31 per cent last month. Price volatility in grain markets also affected profit, ABB said.

"Global influences, including government decisions on grain stocks and pricing, and uncertainty with current crop conditions in Australia are causing extreme volatility on Australian and world grain markets," ABB Grain managing director Michael Iwaniw said.

ABB shares fell 53˘, or 7 per cent, to $7.10.

Drought hurt ABB's pastoral and rural services while its malting and supply chain units performed "exceptionally well in difficult conditions", Mr Iwaniw said.

Barley output in the harvest starting this month might be 5.9 million tonnes, down from a June forecast of 9 million, because of drought, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said on September 18. Barley's price is up 44 per cent this ...
More Info


Canada: Barley crop better than last year but lower than estimations

Canada's farmers are expected to produce slightly more crops than forecast this year, thanks to increases in some harvested areas of the country, Statistics Canada said yesterday, The Vancouver Province reported October 5. However, overall production in September was still below the level of a year earlier.

Barley production is forecast at 11.82 million tonnes, down from 11.85 million tons estimated in July but up from 9.57 million tons a year earlier.

The estimates are based on the annual September survey of 17,000 farmers.


Ukraine: Barley trade more active on high prices

Trade in barley was more active last week, as the price set by exporters and processors is high, Agro Perspectiva reported October 3.

Agricultural producers still tend to keep grain hoping for higher prices. After all, grain cost constantly grows. Farmers forced to improve their finances and free some funds, were the only who sold grain of the new harvest.

EXPORT

Feed barley exporters purchase prices were UAH1050–1,200 per MT, CPT port.
Feed barley US$ prices ranged within US$247–257 per MT (FOB)/US$237–247 per MT (CPT port).

Scientific Digest
Replicative ageing and senescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the impact on brewing fermentations

Authors
Christopher D. Powell, Sylvie M. Van Zandycke, David E. Quain and Katherine A. Smart

Overview
Ageing is the predetermined progressive transition of an individual cell from youth to old age that ®nally culminates in death. Yeast replicative ageing is a function of the number of divisions undertaken by an individual cell, and may be measured by enumerating the number of bud scars on the cell surface. An aged yeast cell exhibits a distinct morphology and physiology from that of younger cells : the impact of such modi®- cations in cellular function on fermentation performance is examined here. Although the precise mechanism of ageing has not been fully elucidated, the current theories are reviewed and discussed.
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Malting barley prices. French barley prices.
Nominal prices.

EURO = USD 1.4107 October 5, 2007 
 Crop year   2007   2008 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2007   July 2008 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  328.00  463.00  293.00  413.50 
2RS  Prestige  327.00  461.50  292.00  412.00 
2RS  Cellar  326.00  460.00  291.00  410.50 
2RS  Sebastien  325.00  458.50  290.00  409.50 
2RS  Astoria  325.00  458.50  290.00  409.50 
2RS  Cork   325.00  458.50  290.00  409.50 
6RW  Esterel   297.00  419.00  254.00  358.50 

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Theoretical malt prices.
  EURO = USD 1.4107 October 5, 2007 
Crop year  2007 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Oct 2007-Sept 2008 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  567.00  799.50  589.50  831.50  583.50  823.00  594.00  837.50 
2RS  Prestige  565.50  797.50  588.50  830.00  582.00  821.00  592.50  836.00 
2RS  Cellar  564.50  796.00  587.00  828.00  581.00  819.50  591.50  834.50 
2RS  Sebastien  563.00  794.50  586.00  826.50  579.50  817.50  590.50  832.50 
2RS  Astoria  563.00  794.50  586.00  826.50  579.50  817.50  590.50  832.50 
2RS  Cork   563.00  794.50  586.00  826.50  579.50  817.50  590.50  832.50 
2RS   Average price  564.50  796.00  587.00  828.00  581.00  819.50  591.50  834.50 
6RW  Esterel   527.50  745.50  551.50  778.00  545.50  769.00  556.00  784.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  553.50  781.00  576.50  813.00  570.50  804.50  580.50  819.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  546.50  771.00  569.50  803.00  563.00  794.50  573.50  809.00 


  EURO = USD 1.4107 October 5, 2007 
Crop year  2008 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Oct 2008-Sept 2009 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  520.50  734.50  543.50  766.50  537.50  758.00  548.00  773.00 
2RS  Prestige  519.50  733.00  542.50  765.00  536.00  756.00  546.50  771.00 
2RS  Cellar  518.50  731.00  541.00  763.50  535.00  754.50  545.50  769.50 
2RS  Sebastien  517.00  729.50  540.00  761.50  533.50  752.50  544.00  767.50 
2RS  Astoria  517.00  729.50  540.00  761.50  533.50  752.50  544.00  767.50 
2RS  Cork   517.00  729.50  540.00  761.50  533.50  752.50  544.00  767.50 
2RS   Average price  518.50  731.00  541.00  763.50  535.00  754.50  545.50  769.50 
6RW  Esterel   471.50  667.00  495.50  699.00  489.50  690.50  500.00  705.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  504.50  712.00  527.50  744.00  521.50  735.00  531.50  750.00 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  495.50  699.00  518.50  731.00  512.00  722.50  522.50  737.50 

NB: Prices published are theoretical malt prices including financial cost, THC (for bulk and bags container) and all administrative costs. This prices may fluctuate according to the quantity per delivery and technical specifications.

* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter

Prices Evolution
Prices evolution
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Table of the week
Australian Barley Supply and Disposal 2001 - 2008f


in thousand tonnes 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007e 2007-2008f
Production 8 280 3 865 10 382 7 740 9 563 3 722 5 895
   Domestic use 2 535 2 016 2 476 2 685 2 755 3 153 2 965
   as malt and other human use 161 165 168 172 176 166 170
   feed 2 200 1 650 2 100 2 300 2 400 2 784 2 600
   seed 174 201 208 213 180 203 195
 Exports  5 274 2 608 6 996 4 862 5 917 2 616 3 259
   as malting barley 1 705 1 099 2 135 1 464 2 067 809 991
   malt (grain equivalent) 600 624 624 601 660 627 639
   feed barley 2 971 885 4 241 2 798 3 191 1 140 1 629
s - ABARE estimated, f-ABARE forecast. Source - ABARE September, 2007
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Graph of the week


These Days in Business History
October 04
1910 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station)
1957 USSR launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1958 USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side

October 05
1887 Rene Cassin is born, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize 1968
1993 Daimler-Benz becomes the first German company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1902 Ray Kroc, born in Illinois, founder of McDonalds and owner for the San Diego Padres

October 06
1781 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture

October 07
1806 Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood
1910 Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line
1930 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
Agenda
October 2007:
Newport International Oktoberfest, USA.
World Beer Festival Durham , USA
Diksmuide Beer Festival Belgium
Grain Market Outlook Conference & Cereals Industry Forum Conference 2007 , UK
Great American Beer Festival
Tasting Australia
Belgian beer and chocolat festival
Diksmuide Beer Festival Belgium
Distillers Grains Quality & Utilization Short Course
U.S. Drinks Conference 2007 UK
Ullapool Beer Festival Scotland
"Oktoberfest 2007" , 3 EDITION MONTE-CARLO
San Diego Wet Hop Festival
International Craft Beer Festival Mexico
PINT Bokbierfestival The Netherlands
2007 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Convention
Festival of Very Special Beers Belgium


November 2007:
14th Great International Beer Festival USA
The International Hop Growers' Convention (IHGC) Meetings, Germany
International convention for the drink technology and PET industry, India


December 2007:
International Grains Council - 26th Session - Tokyo
Christmas Beer Festival Belgium


April 2008:
Craft Brewers Conference World Beer Cup Awards

More events are available on site e-malt.com

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