Japan: In November Japan purchased 9,000 tonnes of malting barley each from Australia and Canada. Australia won the Taiwan tender for 40,800 tonnes at US$ 203,- CFR. No results are known of the Colombian tender of 153,000 tonnes, of which 100,000 tonnes for Colombia, the balance for Peru, Ecuador, Chile (subsidiaries of Bavaria-Bogota Breweries).

05 December, 2004