World: Ukraine’s export quota for barley helped to lower international prices

The increase in, and subsequent removal of, Ukraine’s export quota for barley helped to lower international prices, but EU values were supported by tight domestic markets, International Grain Council posted on February 22.

In the EU, winter barley areas are similar to last year but spring barley sowings could be 2% up, with the biggest increases in France and the UK, International Grains Council said in its Grain Market Report, February 22.

Canada’s crop is expected to be larger than in 2006.

28 February, 2007