EU: EU malt exporters booked 1.85 million tonnes of export licences until April 27, 2005

EU malt exporters booked 1.85 million tonnes of export licences from July 1, 2004 until April 27, 2005. The following analysis shows that the EU will lose exports in excess of 300,000 tonnes during the current crop year.

New members could only fix licences after accession, 46,000 tonnes in May/June 2004. Their exports to countries outside today’s EU-25 were 269,000 tonnes in 2003 and will be unchanged in the crop year 2004/05. They may have profited from the Russian import embargo on malt (phyto-certificates) from other EU countries.

08 May, 2005