E-Malt.com News article: 1413

A number of important markets, namely Brazil, Japan, Russia and Venezuela, will probably purchase less malt for 2004, according to analysts research. The reasons are well-known, lower beer output, new malting capacities, bad economies and long-lasting strikes. Other countries, amongst them Thailand and Taiwan, will order larger quantities, but the additional volumes will not bridge the gap between losses and gains.

11 August, 2003