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E-malt.com Newsletter 39b September 28 - September 30, 2005
 
 
 
  Currency Rates    
 
Base Currency: Euro, EUR 
       on 30-September-2005
  
       1 EUR = 1.2048  USD  
       1 EUR = 0.6836  GBP  	
       1 EUR = 1.4112  CAD  
       1 EUR = 1.5853  AUD 
       1 EUR = 136.1 JPY 
       1 EUR = 2.6683  BRL 
       1 EUR = 34.391 RUB 
       1 EUR = 9.771  CNY 
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World: InBev to seek acquisitions in Latin America and Asia...
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United Kingdom: SABMiller’s stock boosts FTSE...
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Australia: Coopers Brewery has lifted full year earnings by more than half...
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Germany: There is no current plan for Carlsberg’s closures in Deutschland...
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Latvia: Beer sales of Latvian breweries increased by 3.9% in H1 2005 year-on-year...
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Thailand: Thai Asia Pacific Brewery launches its new beer brand called Cheers...
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USA: International Malting Co. started malt manufacture in north Great Falls...
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Ukraine: Malteurop Ukraine commissioned a EUR 24 mln facility at its plant in Kharkov...
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World: Wet weather in Canada and the EU reduced the amount of malting barley...
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USA: The malting barley crop is down this year and leads to low feed barley prices...
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USA: Hops shipping to Coors and Anheuser-Busch factories was started...
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Belgium: Heineken to continue legal proceedings against InBev on brewing system patent
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UK: The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries’ sales has been ahead of last year
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Belgium: Response of Philips and InBev to alleged patent infringement action by Heineken
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Denmark: Carlsberg upgraded to "buy" by Jyske Bank
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Australia: Lion Nathan is trying to get the support of Adelaide private school
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UK: Greene King declared its offer for Belhaven unconditional
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Denmark: Share Buy-back at Royal Unibrew A/S
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Estonia: Country’s second-largest brewery A Le Coq to invest USD 8.6 million
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USA: A boycott of Anheuser-Busch products is continued by the Teamsters
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USA: Anheuser-Busch launches Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale
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South Korea: InBev plans to capitalise on the growing success of its Cass brand
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UK & Japan: The manufacturer of Kids' Beer is to start selling its product In England
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New Zealand: Warehouse Group may start selling beer
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USA: SBC Communications announces five-year contract with Anheuser-Busch
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Canada: Lakeport Brewing launches Lakeport Light 6-pack at LCBO
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China: Shanghai Asia Pacific Brewery used 2 tonnes of ice to brew 20,000 bottles of beer
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World: InBev to seek acquisitions in Latin America and Asia
  
 Belgian InBev NV, the world’s leading beer maker, is to look for more acquisitions in
 Europe, Asia and Latin America to increase sales faster than rivals such as Anheuser-Busch Cos.,
 Chief Executive Officer John Brock said, according to a publication of Bloomberg from September 28.
 
 
 
Brock is interested in buying smaller companies in China, Russia, Germany and Latin America, he
 told reporters today at InBev's headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. InBev may look for purchases in
 Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico and Spain, as well in Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. 
 
 
InBev
 has emerged as the world's biggest beermaker by volume from 17th-largest in 1990 through transactions
 including the $11.2 billion-purchase of AmBev, South America's biggest brewer, a year ago. The Belgian
 company, which changed its name from Interbrew last year, also is introducing Brahma, Stella Artois
 and Beck's, its three main brands, into new markets to stimulate growth. 
 
 
“The old Interbrew
 was an acquisition machine, but now we're seeing targeted mergers and acquisitions as a critical
 component but not the only one,'' Brock said. Asked if he would consider making another
 large transaction, the CEO said “never say never.'' 
 
 
InBev's takeover of Sao Paulo-based AmBev gave
 the 639-year- old Belgian brewer 
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Thailand: Thai Asia Pacific Brewery launches its new beer brand called Cheers
  
 Thai Asia Pacific Brewery Co (TAPB), the Thailand brewer of the Heineken brand, launched on
 September 28 a new brand called Cheers, challenging Leo and Chang in the economy segment
 of the beer market. Cheers complements a beer portfolio that now consists of Heineken as
 its premium brand and Tiger for the middle market, according to Bangkok Post. The company
 is aiming to capture a 15% share of the total beer market, worth about 82
 billion baht in 2004, over the next three years. (1 US$ = 41.08 TBH as
 of 30.09.2005)
 
 
Panya Pongtanya, the company's general manager, said the brewery had set a three-year plan
 which targeted for Cheers to gain a 5% share of the total beer market, with
 Heinken capturing 8% and Tiger 2-3%.
 
 
Currently, Chang is the market leader with a 56% share
 followed by Leo with 20%, Singha with 9-10% and Heineken with 7-8%. The budget-priced beer
 segment accounts for 79% of the total market.The beer market has hit a rough patch
 in terms of growth due to the slowing economy and an anti-alcohol campaign launched by
 the government.
 
 
It is expected to expand only about 1% this year after flat growth in
 the previous two years.
 
 
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Ukraine: Malteurop Ukraine commissioned a EUR 24 mln facility at its plant in Kharkov
  
 On September 27 Malteurop Ukraine commissioned new facility at its malt plant in Kharkov, wherein
 it was said to have invested EUR 24 million euros, AgriMarket.Info cited a report of
 Kharkov Regional State Administration's press-service. 
 
 
The happening was highly prized by Ukraine's president-related Deputy Head
 of Kharkov State Administration Yaroslav Yushchenko, who was cited to say as follows: "Opening of
 the malt plant is a decent retort to the sceptics, who argue whether or not
 it is safe to invest capital in Ukraine, and in particular - in Kharkov region.
 This project costs 24 million euros." 
 
 
He also said that in the nearest time Malteurop
 was going to install at the plant new drying equipment, worth some 6 to 7
 million euros, and in the further run it might build a special-purpose elevator for storage
 of brewing malt. 
 
 
Yushchenko said that a legislative professional panel was currently at work to
 table into parliament amendments to the current law, aimed at maximal encouragement of investors in
 good standing with Ukraine's economy - those who honestly fulfil their obligations, create new jobs
 and increase budget deductions. One of such, according to Yushchenko, was Malteurop company. 
 
 
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USA: The malting barley crop is down this year and leads to low feed barley prices
  
 The supply of good malting barley is definitely diminished this year, but carryover stocks will
 fill in the slack, at least for a few months, and the bushels that won't
 make malting grade this year because of the high VOM levels will shift that production
 to the feed barley market and serve to hold those prices down, Farm & Ranch
 Guide posted on September 28.
 
 
The malting barley crop is down in north-western Minnesota this year,
 according to Kelly Kotowicz at the Alvarado Farmers Elevator in Alvarado, Minn. "We lost probably
 a third of our crop to high VOM levels, which was rejected for feed barley,
 and our yields were cut down to about 50 to 60 bushels per acre," he
 said. "Our VOM levels in this area are running from two to four percent. Normally
 we discount up to two percent VOM on our contract, but this year we went
 to thee VOM."
 
 
According to Kotowicz, a slightly higher VOM barley can be taken into the
 malt house, but it takes one or two additional steeping processes to lower the VOM
 content enough for malting. Since this requires extra steps, the higher VOM barley is bought
 at a discount. 
 
 
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Malting barley prices. French barley prices. 
Nominal prices.  
 
| EURO = USD 1.2048 September 30, 2005  | 
 
|  Crop year  | 
 2005  | 
 
|  Parity  | 
 FOB Creil  | 
 
|  Position  | 
 July 2005  | 
 
| Type   | 
Variety  | 
EURO  | 
USD  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Scarlett  | 
118.50  | 
143.00  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Prestige  | 
118.00  | 
142.50  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Cellar  | 
118.00  | 
142.50  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Aspen  | 
nq  | 
nq  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Optic  | 
nq  | 
nq  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Sebastien  | 
116.00  | 
140.00  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Astoria  | 
116.00  | 
140.00  | 
 
| 2RS  | 
Cork   | 
115.50  | 
139.50  | 
 
| 6RW  | 
Esterel   | 
105.00  | 
126.50  | 
 
 
  
 
    
Table of the week
  
Australian Barley Supply and Disposal 2001-2006
 
|  in thousand tonnes | 
2001-2002 | 
2002-2003 | 
2003-2004 | 
2004-2005 s | 
2005-2006 f | 
  
| Production | 
8 280 | 
3 865 | 
10 382 | 
6 454 | 
6 640 | 
 
|    Domestic use  | 
2 535 | 
1 986 | 
2 429 | 
2 643 | 
2 748 | 
 
|    as malt and other human use | 
161 | 
165 | 
168 | 
172 | 
176 | 
 
|    feed | 
2 200 | 
1 650 | 
2 100 | 
2 300 | 
2 400 | 
 
|    seed | 
174 | 
171 | 
161 | 
171 | 
172 | 
 
|  Exports  | 
5 274 | 
2 608 | 
6 996 | 
4 854 | 
4 532 | 
 
|    as malting barley | 
1 705 | 
1 099 | 
2 135 | 
1 324 | 
1 178 | 
 
|    malt (grain equivalent) | 
600 | 
624 | 
624 | 
562 | 
534 | 
 
|    feed barley | 
2 971 | 
885 | 
4 241 | 
4 854 | 
2 820 | 
 
 
s - estimated, f - forecast, source - ABARE September 6, 2005
  
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Agenda
 
 
 
 
October 2005: 
Custom Brewcrafters Autumn Festival Of Ales  
7th Annual Charlotte Oktoberfest 
MBAA Brewing & Malting Science Course 
BJ's Beer Appreciation Night Woodland Hills - Oktoberfest 
International Beer Summit / Kokusai Beer Matsuri 
5th 2005 Technical Symposium, "The US Brewing Industry Considered 
10th Annual World Beer Festival 
5th Annual Autumn Brew Review 
Anuga 2005, is a biennial show and is known as the world 
Maryland Brewer's Oktoberfest 
Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival 2005 organised in Georgia, USA  
Falmouth Oyster Festival with beer and oysters 
Nottingham Beer Festival.Over 350 different casks of real ale 
Falmouth Beer Festival Cornwall CAMRA 
28th Norwich Beer Festival, is organised by the Norwich & Norfolk Branch  
New England Beer Fest,a celebration of the local New England Beer Scene 
Malt and Malting Barley Symposium  
 
November 2005: 
Weekend of Belgian BeersFestival 
THE DUTCH BEERFESTIVAL 
Brew BLAST. Annual Beer, Lager, Ale, and Stout Tasting   
Georgia Craft Brew Challenge 
Maine Beer Festival 
US Grains Council International Malt Barley & Malting Buyers Conference San Francisco,  
GlobalGrain 2005 For more information on GlobalGrain 2005 
Regina Festiv-Ale. A premium beer festival featuring the best beer from Canada  
Brewtopia. The event has two tasting sessions, local brews, live entertainment, food 
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer  
Great International Beer Festival  
Phinney Neighborhood Association Beer Taste 
Orlando Beer Festival  
Great Brews of America Beerfest 
5th International Forum " Drinks Industry 2005"  
 
December 2005: 
Americas Food & Beverage Show 
 
 
 
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