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Crop 2005
2rs Barley €118.0-119.0    0.7% 
6rw Barley €106.0-108.0     

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E-malt.com Newsletter 35a
August 29 - August 30, 2005

Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 30-August-2005

1 EUR = 1.223 USD
1 EUR = 0.6809 GBP
1 EUR = 1.4661 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6255 AUD
1 EUR = 135.27 JPY
1 EUR = 2.9211 BRL
1 EUR = 34.8457 RUB
1 EUR = 9.9129 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 30-August-2005

1 USD = 0.8179 EUR
1 USD = 0.5569 GBP
1 USD = 1.1988 CAD
1 USD = 1.3291 AUD
1 USD = 110.63 JPY
1 USD = 2.3885 BRL
1 USD = 28.492 RUB
1 USD = 8.1054 CNY

EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Top Industry News
Australia: Foster’s Group posts yearly results... Click here

Philippines: San Miguel records sales revenues increase in the North of China... Click here

UK : Greene King deals with shareholder revolt over management remuneration... Click here

Czech Republic: Czech Republic register increasing beer exports with estimates of 5 M. hectolitres for 2005... Click here

USA: Pennsylvania’s new law allows beer distributors to open on Sundays... Click here

Canada: Canadian Wheat Board introduce Malting barley protein payments... Click here

USA: Decreased demand for hops... Click here

More News
Australia: Coopers brewer started exporting beer to Finland ...more info

Bulgaria: Heineken Slovensko appoints new general manager ...more info

USA: Atlanta Brewery, partners with BrightWave Marketing to launch an Email Marketing program ...more info

Ukraine: Barley cropped from 98 % of forecast area ...more info

Canada: Barley production according to Stats Canada Production Report ...more info

Kenya: Keroche Industries became, by launching new plant, Kenya ...more info

USA: Capital Brewery knocks America’s top beer brands for sole beer sponsorship at “Taste of Madison” ...more info

Scotland: Barley harvests are disappointing ...more info

Canada: CWB’s commentary on barley pool returns ...more info

USA: Anheuser-Busch helps the victims of Katrina Hurricane ...more info

Australia: Farmers’ Federation Grains Council & and ABB Grain enhance transparency of barley pool ...more info

UK: Diageo purchases put options over 25 million General Mills shares ...more info

USA: Utah approves new alcohol ordinance ...more info

Belgium: Brussel’s barley import tariffs ...more info

USA: Chicago’s Rock Bottom Brewery got evacuated ...more info

China: Kingaway’s share down as Heineken doesn’t increase its stake in company ...more info



Brewery News

Australia: Foster’s Group posts yearly results

Foster's Group posted on August 30 its financial results for the business year . According to this report, earnings per share rose 21.2% to 46.8 cents per share, benefiting from higher profits after tax and lower share count in F05 as compared with F04. Weighted average shares on issue reduced by 3.5% as a result of capital management activities undertaken since early F04. Net profit after tax of $936.1 million increased 17.1% and includes significant items of $454.3 million after tax. On a normalised basis, (adjusting for significant items, SGARA, amortisation and discontinued businesses) earnings per share increased by 14.1% to 28.3 cents and net profit after tax increased 10.1% to $566.0 million (refer to calculation table on page 10).

Significant Items totalled $454.3 million after tax. This comprised net gains from the divestment of the Lensworth Group ($451.2 million), proceeds from the sale of Corporate Art ($8.3 million) and the disposal of the Group’s residual 10% investment in Australian Leisure and Hospitality (ALH) ($55.4 million). These gains were partly offset by total Significant Expenses of $60.6 million after tax comprising write-downs of $47.9 million as outlined at the interim results and an additional $8.1 million resulting ...

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Philippines: San Miguel records sales revenues increase in the North of China

San Miguel Corporation’s beer operations in North China recorded a 7 % increase in sales revenues for the first half of 2005. It was due in great part to theutilization of its manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution facilities, according to the firm’s statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange last week.

SMC’s North China beer venture owns and manages San Miguel Baoding Brewery Co. Ltd. located in the western part of Baoding City, Hebei province, which is in the middle of three other major cities: Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and China’s capital, Beijing.

The North China operations’ local brand Blue Star Beer has earned the title "City Beer of Baoding," served at all official city functions. The brand accounts for 96 % of the San Miguel beer sales revenues in Northern China.

Other brands contributing to SMC North China operations’ growth include San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light and Valor which like Blue Star are perennial winners of gold medals of excellence in the international product quality competition.


UK : Greene King deals with shareholder revolt over management remuneration

Brewer Greene King PLC is facing a shareholder revolt over directors' remuneration at its annual general meeting this week, Sharewatch informed on August 29.

The Financial Times communicated that shareholder advisory group Pirc is urging investors to vote against a proposed share option scheme for Greene King directors because it sets earnings targets that are below City estimates.

"Although awards are not excessive, the proposed EPS growth performance condition is below current brokers' forecasts and historic performance," Pirc said

Greene King affirmed the scheme has already been backed by its five biggest shareholders, and by the Association of British Insurers. "In advance of setting the scheme up, our top five shareholders and the ABI were consulted and agreed," a Brewer’s spokesman said


Czech Republic: Czech Republic register increasing beer exports with estimates of 5 M. hectolitres for 2005

Czech Association of Breweries and Malt Houses announced on August 25 that czech beer exports will presumably rise to an estimated volume of 3 million hectolitres in 2005 from 2.64 million hectolitres in 2004.In the first half, exports increased by 21 % to 1.46 million hectolitres and their share in total production is increasing.

Jan Vesely, the Association chairman said "We are among ten largest exporters in the world, with Mexico on the top of the ladder".

The biggest exporter is Plzensky Prazdroj with a 23 % share, followed by Pivovary Staropramen with 19 % and Budejovicky Budvar with 18 %.

The main portion of Czech beer exports, about 39 %, goes to Germany, then to Slovakia, UK, USA, Sweden, Russia and Hungary.


USA: Pennsylvania’s new law allows beer distributors to open on Sundays

The Pennsylvania’ distributors of beer are permitted to open on Sundays, so that drinkers can go to their local distributor. The new law does not require distributors to be open on Sunday; however, according to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, 21 of the 41 in Luzerne County will be open for business, Citizenvoice announced on August 29.

Dave Shipula, Beer Super owner and president of the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania, thinks the move is long overdue. After the state allowed some of its liquor stores to open on Sunday, he felt it was only a matter of time before the distributors got their chance.

The distributors were the last institution regulated by the PLCB not permitted to operate on Sundays, Shipula said. He felt the restriction was putting the distributors at an unfair disadvantage.

Shipula and the state Malt Beverage Distributors Association had been fighting for the right to operate on Sundays for years, but did not get anywhere until recently.

"I think the turning point seemed to be when the liquor stores started a pilot program to be open on Sundays," he said.

Distributors are taking advantage. Employees anticipate they will be busy, especially on the eve of football season.

Barley News

Canada: Canadian Wheat Board introduce Malting barley protein payments

The CWB announced in August that it will pay protein premiums to farmers who deliver two-row malting barley to participating elevators and maltsters (see attached) in the 2005-06 crop year.

"Designated barley protein payments will more clearly communicate market signals to farmers," said Earl Geddes, CWB vice president of Farmer Relations and Operations. "Farmers who produce more precisely the quality that maltsters want will now reap the benefits of those efforts."

The premiums will range from $5.40 for protein levels of 10.9 per cent and lower to $0.60 for barley with 12.5 per cent protein, reflecting the relative value of these protein levels to brewers and maltsters (see attached schedule). Protein levels are one indicator of malting characteristics. Levels that are too high or low can affect malting and brewing quality.

"This program will reward farmers who manage their crops to produce the protein levels valued by the malting and brewing industries," Geddes said.

Having access to a larger pool of malting barley in the premium protein range will aid the CWB in expanding malting barley sales opportunities for western Canadian barley growers.

The program follows up on CWB protein payments for wheat that have been available for several years. It will result in a ...

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Hops News

USA: Decreased demand for hops

USA exports around 70% of the annually grown hops. However, as countries improve the quality of the crop, many growers find it harder to survive, KVEW communicated on August 25. Dick Olsen has grown hops near prosser for 25 years. He says this year's harvest is nothing unusual.
"I think this is a pretty typical year for growing hops, it has been difficult It not only produces more to the acre, instead of 10 bails to the acre it produces about 18 bails to the acre and instead of about 9% alpha acids, it produces sometimes as high as 20% alpha acids," said Olsen.

The higher quality hops have led to an over supply, driving down demand. "That resulted in a lack of new contracts because there was so much in the market place and as a result the prices were decreased and growers had to remove acres," said George with the Washington Hop Commission. n fact, experts say farmers use 20% less land for hops today, than they did six years ago. Industry experts say the once flooded hops market is clearing up.

"As a result brewers are now realizing that they may not be able to purchase ...

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Malting barley prices. French barley prices.
Nominal prices.

EURO = USD 1.223 August 30, 2005 
 Crop year   2004   2005 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2004   July 2005 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  nq  nq  120.00  147.00 
2RS  Prestige  nq  nq  119.00  145.50 
2RS  Cellar  nq  nq  119.00  145.50 
2RS  Aspen  nq  nq  nq  nq 
2RS  Optic  nq  nq  nq  nq 
2RS  Sebastien  nq  nq  118.00  144.50 
2RS  Astoria  nq  nq  118.00  144.50 
2RS  Cork   nq  nq  117.00  143.50 
6RW  Esterel   nq  nq  107.00  131.00 
nq - Not quoted
Prices for Danish and UK malting barley are available on site www.e-malt.com/MarketPrices

Table of the week
Top 5 Beer Brands in Poland

Nr. Brand Name Market share (%)
Source: KP vs GUS, May 2005  Source: AC Nielsen, May 2005 
Tyskie /SABMiller 16.4  13.3 
Zubr /SABMiller 9.1 
Tatra Pils /Browar Zywiec (Heineken) na  6.7 
Zywiec /Browar Zywiec (Heineken) na  6.6 
Lech /SABMiller 7.2  5.8 


Graph of the week

Agenda
August 2005:
FOOD INGREDIENTS SOUTH AMERICA 2005, Sao Paulo, Brazil
35th BCCA Canvention 2005

September 2005:
International Brewery and Soft Drinks Industry Exhibition
4th WORLD BEER & DRINKS FORUM
Great Canadian Beer Festival
4th World Beer & Drinks Forum 2005
Brew Cruise to New England/Canada
Drinktec 2005
St. Feuillien Dinner at Monk's.
The Berghoff OKtoberfest
Birmingham Beer Festival
40th Annual Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
Fremont Oktoberfest
Munich Oktoberfest 2005
10th Annual Madison County Hop Fest
3rd Annual Big Lake Brewfest
Great Lakes Brew Festv Ludwig's Oktoberfest 2005
New South Wales Brewing Championships 2005
Great American Beer Festival
Keighley Beer
Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival
Harpoon Octoberfest

October 2005:
7th Annual Charlotte Oktoberfest
Custom Brewcrafters Autumn Festival Of Ales
MBAA Brewing & Malting Science Course, Univ
BJ's Beer Appreciation Night Woodland Hills - Oktoberfest - Bavaria's Best
International Beer Summit / Kokusai Beer Matsuri
5th 2005 Technical Symposium, "The US Brewing Industry Considered"
10th Annual World Beer Festival
5th Annual Autumn Brew Review
Anuga 2005, is a biennial show and is known as the world’s
Maryland Brewer's Oktoberfest
Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival 2005
Nottingham Beer Festival
Falmouth Beer Festival Cornwall CAMRA
28th Norwich Beer Festival
New England Beer Fest


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