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Crop 2005
2rs Barley €117.0-118.0 0.30%
6rw Barley €104.0-106.0

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E-malt.com Newsletter 44b
November 03 - November 04, 2005

Quote of the week

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Benjamin Franklin

Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 04-November-2005

1 EUR = 1.1946 USD
1 EUR = 0.6748 GBP
1 EUR = 1.4123 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6163 AUD
1 EUR = 139.97 JPY
1 EUR = 2.6562 BRL
1 EUR = 34.1441 RUB
1 EUR = 9.6844 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 04-November-2005

1 USD = 0.8374 EUR
1 USD = 0.5649 GBP
1 USD = 1.1822 CAD
1 USD = 1.353 AUD
1 USD = 117.2 JPY
1 USD = 2.2235 BRL
1 USD = 28.582 RUB
1 USD = 8.1068 CNY

EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Top Industry News
UK: S&N says performance is on track for the nine months to September... Click here

Brazil: AmBev reports financial results with tripled it third-quarter earnings for Q3... Click here

Germany: Sales of beer down 1.6% in the third quarter of 2005... Click here

China: Yanjing Brewery bids for stake in Fujian Sedrin Brewery... Click here

Czech Republic: Czech beer production on rise by 2.5% for January-September of 2005... Click here

USA: Boston Beer reports more than 15% Increase in third quarter net revenue ... Click here

EU: EU malt export license bookings from July to October... Click here

Nigeria: Malt demand to increase in Nigeria... Click here

Australia: Greater transparency for barley pools... Click here

World: Analysts about barley world markets for October... Click here

USA: Beer drinkers may have a reason to raise their glasses due to healthy hops... Click here

More News
China: Chongqing Brewery recorded a 34% increase in net profit for Q3 2005 ...More Info

China: Foreign companies bid for China's Sedrin Brewery ...More Info

USA: Redhook Ale Brewery reports 2005 third quarter results ...More Info

China: Carlsberg joins with Ningxia to produce beer ...More Info

Japan: The tax game between the ministry and the brewing industry ...More Info

USA: Boston Beer initiated with "neutral" by Banc of America ...More Info

Japan: Sapporo to suffer 30% sales drop if government raise tax on beer-like beverages ...More Info

Australia: Coopers makes moves to capture substantial market share in Australian lager market ...More Info

EU: EU barley intervention stocks at 640,000 tones ...More Info

Australia: Latest official bidder's statement from Lion Nathan ...More Info

Canada: Barley farmers to be caught in EU/U.S. crossfire at WTO ...More Info

Serbia: Beogradska Industrija Piva put for sale for EUR 15.22 million ...More Info

Australia: South Australian grain harvest underway ...More Info

UK: Brewers win the fight to increase the beer price in supermarkets for Christmas ...More Info

UK: Green King to criticise weakening of pub smoking ban in England ...More Info

Australia: Lion Nathan says has arrangements for 2.2 pct of Coopers ...More Info

USA: Miller Brewing Company System surpasses $1.5 Million contribution for Red Cross Hurricane Relief ...More Info

UK: Campaign for Real Ale launches The Big Book of Beer ...More Info



Brewery News
UK: S&N says performance is on track for the nine months to September

Scottish&Newcastle announced on November 4 that their results for the first nine months of the year have been robust. The BBH business continues to show strong growth and despite soft Western European markets, third quarter volumes have improved throughout all regions.

This performance has been driven by continued focus on brand building and innovation. The strong growth of SuperChilled in the UK, Sagres in Portugal and Grimbergen in France and Belgium underline S&N’s success in this area.

Despite the weak consumer confidence and cost pressure from increasing oil prices S&N are confident that S&N will meet market expectations for 2005. The improving position in Western Europe as well as the good performance from BBH, should assure continued progress beyond 2005.

UK
Although S&N have seen an improving trend in the third quarter due to easier comparatives, the underlying market is still soft due to ongoing weak consumer confidence. In the 3 months to end September, the UK beer and cider market has grown by 1.8%, with off trade growth tempered by decline in the on trade. Within this environment S&N continued the strong volume performance of the first half of the year.

The total branded beer and cider volumes are up by 5.6% ...More Info


Brazil: AmBev reports financial results with tripled it third-quarter earnings for Q3

AmBev, Latin America's largest brewer reported on November 3 its third-quarter earnings more than tripled year-on-year as beer sales jumped in Brazil, its main market, where it has nearly 70 percent of all beer sales, according to Reuters.

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, a unit of Belgian beverage giant InBev , posted net profit of 399 million reais from June to September, compared with 131.7 million reais a year earlier and 305.2 million reais in the second quarter.

The result hit a Reuters forecast based on a survey of five analysts who, on average, had expected net profit would be 384.2 million reais. Shares of the company gained 0.25 percent on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange after the news, while the benchmark Bovespa index closed 0.65 percent higher.

AmBev, the maker of Brahma and Skol beer said sales volumes in Brazil rose 3.4 percent from July to September of 2005 compared with the same period last year.The performance lead AmBev to raise to 7 percent from 6 percent its forecast for the growth of beer sales volumes in Brazil this year. Last month, the company said total volumes of beer sales rose 4.4 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier.

AmBev's ...More Info


Germany: Sales of beer down 1.6% in the third quarter of 2005

The beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 29.0 million hectolitres of beer in the third quarter of 2005, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office on October 27. That was a decrease of 0.5 million hectolitres (– 1.6%) from the corresponding period of the previous year.

The figures do not include alcohol-free beers and malt drinks as well as beer imported from countries outside European union. Sales of beer-mixed drinks accounted 3.2% of all bees and registered an increase of 11.6% year-on-year compared to 0.9 million hectolitres in the third quarter 2004.

Beer exports to other EU countries fell by 3.9% to 3.3m hectolitres, and beer exports to non-EU states came in at 800,000 hectolitres, a drop of 6.1%.

Taxed beer sales on the domestic market were down by 1.5% to 24.8m hectolitres, while non-taxed beer sales totalled 4.2m hectolitres, down 2.1%, the office said.

The figures released do not include alcohol-free beer, malt drinks or beer imported from non-EU states, the office noted.


China: Yanjing Brewery bids for stake in Fujian Sedrin Brewery

China's third-biggest brewer by output, Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co., has entered the bidding for a stake in Fujian Sedrin Brewery Co., pitting it against potential rivals including Anheuser-Busch Cos. and Heineken Holding NV., Bloomberg communicated on November 2.

Yanjing spokesman Liu Xiangyu said in a telephone interview from Beijing said: “We have made a bid for Sedrin''. He didn't specify any price. Foreign brewers including Anheuser-Busch and Heineken are in talks to buy a controlling 39.5 % stake in Sedrin that could value the company at about $800 million, the Financial Times reported, citing people close to the situation.

A takeover would boost Beijing-based Yanjing's sales in the world's largest beer market by more than a quarter based on 2004 figures. China's last major brewer without a foreign partner would also extend its foothold in the southeastern province of Fujian after completing the 494 million yuan ($61 million) purchase of Fujian Yanjing Huiquan Brewery Co. in March.

The Sedrin sale marks a “new consolidation of China's fragmented beer industry,'' Zhao Lin, an analyst at Shenyin Wanguo Research & Consulting Co. in Shanghai. ``Demand is strong in the Fujian market.''

The number of breweries in China dropped to about 400 by ...More Info


Czech Republic: Czech beer production on rise by 2.5% for January-September of 2005

Czech breweries produced 14.42 million hectoliters (hl) of beer for the period of January-September 2005, an increase of 2.5 % or 357,000 hl yr/yr, the chairman of the Czech Association of Breweries and Malt Houses (CSPS) Jan Vesely told Interfax on November 2.

"Small and mid-sized brewers were great contributors to the positive result, their output rising by almost 16 % in the first three quarters of the year," stated Vesely.

The output of the seven big beer groups, which now accounts for 86.5 % of the market, was slightly higher, rising 87,000 hl on the year, with growth slower compared to the increase seen for the sector as a whole.

About 30 small breweries, which at present account for some 13.5 % of the Czech beer market, showed an rise in output of 272,000 hl in the monitored period.

The exports as well contributed substantially to the growth in beer output in 9M 2005, but data on sales abroad are not yet available, said Vesely. "Small and mid-size brewers were more successful mostly ...More Info


USA: Boston Beer reports more than 15% Increase in third quarter net revenue

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. announced on November 2 that it achieved third quarter 2005 diluted earnings per share of $0.29 and net income of $4.2 million, up $0.08 per share and $1.2 million, respectively, from the same period last year. Net revenue increased by 15.5% to $63.2 million in the third quarter of 2005, driven by an 11.8% increase in shipment volume and a 3.3% increase in net revenue per barrel as compared to the same quarter last year. For the nine months ended September 24, 2005, the Company recorded diluted earnings per share of $0.91 and net income of $13.3 million, up $0.24 per share and $3.6 million, respectively, versus the same period in 2004. Net revenue increased by 7.5% to $173.6 million during the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period in the prior year.

Jim Koch, Chairman and Founder of the Company, cotmmented, "We are very pleased by the almost 9% depletion growth achieved in the third quarter, which resulted in almost 5% growth for the first nine months as compared to the first nine months of 2004. The craft beer category has grown this year, despite price increases, while the beer industry as ...More Info

Malt News
EU: EU malt export license bookings from July to October

EU malt export license bookings from July 1 till October 25, 2005, were 658,000 tones, 210,000 tones or 24 % less than at the same date last year.

The total includes approx. 649,000 tones of Pilsen and 9,000 tones of roasted malt. Converted into a (hypothetical) year figure, the export volume of Pilsen malt would reach 1.95 Million tones, 270,000 tones less than in 2004/05 and even 530,000 tones below the figure of 2003/04.

The German newspaper "Ern?hrungsdienst" even dared a guesstimate of 600,000 tones less exports in the span of two years.


Nigeria: Malt demand to increase in Nigeria

Malt demand in Nigeria appears to increase from year to year after a switch-back of local brewers from sorghum to barley malt. The country imported 62,000 tones in 2004 after 55,000 tones in 2003. It is rumored that Belgian and U.K. sales for 2006 are very substantial.

SAB is in the market for a quantity of high quality (Heineken A) malt. Tunisia has purchased 5,000 tones, probably from France.

Barley News
Australia: Greater transparency for barley pools

ABB Grain announced on November 3 that the three-pronged strategy developed by SAFF and ABB in August this year to enhance the transparency of the operation of ABB Grain Export’s single desk for barley exports from South Australia is coming to fruition. The first prong of this strategy is the provision of pool access by traders.

Trader access via deliveries direct to the legislated barley pool is conditional on a set of rules which are available on the ABB website (www.abb.com.au). Amongst the conditions are:

• Access is to ABB’s legislated barley pools only, and deliveries may be made to SA silos only. No third party access to ABB pools will be given outside SA unless by separate negotiation.

• Traders must register interest in access to pools by 18 November for the coming season.

• Tonnage contracted is restricted to 5,000 tonnes per day by any trader and its associates, and access to the pool is via contract only (no direct delivery).

• Parties may negotiate with the pool at any time for a cash sale to the pool.

• Washouts will apply and swaps may be negotiated.

• Trader access applies only while the single desk legislation exists in its current form.
...More Info


World: Analysts about barley world markets for October

Analysts report that world markets of barley have been inactive in October. Nevertheless supply and demand appear to be in fine balance. After all, the EU crop was 9 Million tones less than a year ago, old crop intervention stocks are little more than half a Million tones, and the Commission has not granted any export restitution for free market exports since many weeks.

Early in the season barley exports were surprisingly large from Russia and the U.S., but they are drying up due to lack of supplies. It remains to be seen, whether the Ukraine will reach its export target of 4 Million tones, as sellers of all grains have become more reluctant in face of a possible crop failure of winter grains in 2006. Canada has reentered successfully the export market of feed barley and may have further supplies, but much less malting barley than hoped for.

Australia expects a large barley crop, and will have no problem to sell its export surplus. Demand for feed barley is larger than a year ago in North Africa (e.g. Morocco 800,000 tones), and almost unchanged in the Middle East. Turkey sold 260,000 tones for export, but Bulgaria and Romania will almost ...More Info

Hops News
USA: Beer drinkers may have a reason to raise their glasses due to healthy hops

OSU Scientist, Fred Stevens has been studying the compounds found in hops for the last ten years. He says the small yellow powder is generating a lot of interest across the globe,

OSU Scientist Fred Stevens said: "Now people are duplicating our results and building it further so theres now a lot of literature appearing on this particular compound." The value may be huge for preventing prostate, breast or colon cancers.

OSU Scientist Emily Ho says, "Xanthahumol is able to stop the cell growth. Basically with the Xanthahumol we can see the slows the cell growth of cancer cells compared to the untreated cells. So that's a good thing for cancer.You want to slow growth."

This doesn't mean you should go out and hit your local pub or pick up a six pack. Scientists don't go as far to say drinking beer will prevent cancer, they still don't know how well the body absorbs Xanthahumol. But you should know not all beer is equal.

The domestic brews have low levels of the compound while porter, stout and ale brews contain higher levels. The compound also appears to be a powerful antioxidant, even more so than vitamin E. It also looks ...More Info


Malting barley prices. French barley prices.
Nominal prices.

EURO = USD 1.1946 November 04, 2005 
 Crop year   2005 
 Parity   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2005 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  119.00  142.50 
2RS  Prestige  118.00  141.00 
2RS  Cellar  117.50  140.50 
2RS  Aspen  nq  nq 
2RS  Optic  nq  nq 
2RS  Sebastien  116.50  139.50 
2RS  Astoria  116.50  139.50 
2RS  Cork   116.00  138.50 
6RW  Esterel   105.00  125.50 
Table of the week

World Malting Barley Balance  (in thousand tonnes)

Exports  

Imports 

   Australia  2,000      Other South America  300 
   Canada  800      Mexico 100 
   Mercosur  100      USA 100 
   European Union  1,000      China 2,300 
        Other Asia 300  
        Africa (North and South) 150  
       Russia 400  
       Turkey 50  
   Total  3,900      Total  3,700 
Graph of the week

Agenda
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:
Holiday Ale Festival.
Beer Tasting & Education.
Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival features 150 Beers and 40 Ciders.
Americas Food & Beverage Show.
BrewTech International Exhibition of Beverage and Brewery Processing and Packaging
10th Annual Holiday Ale Festival .
9th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival.
2005 Winter Beer Festival
Winter Beer Festival...
Charity Beer Walk features.
Beer & Cheese Tasting Series American & British Ales.
December Holidaze Beer Tasting.
Kerstbierfestival (11th Christmas Beer Festival). O.B.E.R.

January 2006:
Big Beers Belgians & Barleywines Festival
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival.
The Great Alaska Beer
St. Paul Winterfest.


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