Germany: Barley exports fall by 33.3% in 2007/2008

Within the period July 2007 – June 2008, Germany exported 8.8 mln tonnes of grain, which is much lower than the 2006/2007 export rate of 12.4 mln tonnes, APK-Inform cited data provided by Germany’s Federal Statistics Office on August 26.

The amount of grain exported to the EU markets constituted 5.9 mln tonnes versus 8.1 mln tonnes in 2006/2007.

Barley exports fell to 1.8 mln tonnes in 2007/2008, whereas in 2006/2007 it made 2.7 mln tonnes.

26 August, 2008