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E-Malt.com Newsletter 49a
December 03 - December 05, 2007
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Currency Rates

Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 05-December-2007

1 EUR = 1.4695 USD
1 EUR = 0.7126 GBP
1 EUR = 1.4769 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6785 AUD
1 EUR = 161.806 JPY
1 EUR = 2.6667 BRL
1 EUR = 36.9085 RUB
1 EUR = 10.8864 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 05-December-2007

1 USD = 0.6805 EUR
1 USD = 0.4849 GBP
1 USD = 1.005 CAD
1 USD = 1.1422 AUD
1 USD = 109.112 JPY
1 USD = 1.8147 BRL
1 USD = 24.4356 RUB
1 USD = 7.4082 CNY
Currency Rates, EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change trend
December 05, 2007
Crop 2007 Crop 2008
2rs Barley €286.0-288.0 2rs Barley €255.0-257.0
6rw Barley €255.0-257.0 6rw Barley €229.0-231.0
2rs Malt €528.5-530.5 0.19% 2rs Malt €481.5-483.5
6rw Malt €489.5-491.5 0.20% 6rw Malt €448.5-450.5

Note: Just click on the price link and you will be led to our Market Price History. Average barley market prices are French and are estimated on FOB Creil basis. Average Malt Prices are theoretical and based FOB Antwerp being estimated on French malting . The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices. Arrows indicate the direction of the change.


Top Industry News

Australia: SABMiller and Coca-Cola Amatil acquire Bluetongue Brewery in Australia ...Click here
Vietnam: Brewer S&N to invest $75 million in Vietnam brewery ...Click here
Romania: United Romanian Breweries Bereprod will invest 16 million Euro to boost canned beer production by 30% in 2008 ...Click here
UK: Scottish & Newcastle holders would back higher bid from Heineken and Carlsberg, survey says ...Click here
USA: Analyst sees Anheuser-Busch, InBev deal ...Click here
Sweden: Swedish tribunal names Scottish & Newcastle chairman in BBH arbitration ...Click here
Europe: 2008 barley crop prices increased again on tight old crop supply ...Click here
Australia: Barley crop slightly better than forecast ...Click here
UK: Winter barley decline in importance ...Click here




Canada: Russell Breweries net sales increased 70% in Q1 2008 vs. Q1 2007 ...More Info
South Africa: South African Breweries confident the country will not run out of beer over Christmas ...More Info
Belarus & Russia: Spokesman denies Baltika brewery's investment plans for Belarus ...More Info
Bulgaria: Lomsko Pivo beer company to export 30% of its production in EU ...More Info
USA: Grupo Modelo selected Allot to set new quality of service standards for its multiservice global network ...More Info
China: Kingway Brewery shares dropped 7% on profit decline warning ...More Info
South Korea & Japan: Brewer Hite says no plan to sell Jinro ...More Info
Canada: Robert Hartley retires after 23 years as Big Rock Brewery Income Trust director ...More Info
India: Barley output seen up 20% in FY2008 due to record overseas demand and high prices ...More Info
Russia: Decision about limitation of barley export may be adopted soon ...More Info
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Brewery News

Australia: SABMiller and Coca-Cola Amatil acquire Bluetongue Brewery in Australia

SABMiller plc announces that its joint venture with Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCA), Pacific Beverages Pty Limited (Pacific Beverages) has acquired Bluetongue Brewery Pty Limited (Bluetongue), the Australian premium brewer, according to SAMMiller’s press release, December 5.

Bluetongue was established in 2003 and operates from a brewery near Newcastle, New South Wales with an annual capacity in excess of 50,000 hectolitres. Its premium beer brands include Bluetongue Premium Lager, Bluetongue Premium Light, Bluetongue Traditional Pilsner, Bluetongue Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Bondi Blonde.

In its four years of operation Bluetongue has had significant success in the premium beer category and in 2004 Bluetongue Premium Lager was awarded New Product of the Year at the Australian Liquor Awards. The operations and product range have been progressively expanded and in the year to November 2007 the company has delivered sales growth of over 70 per cent.

The acquisition will give Pacific Beverages greater access to the Australian premium beer market which has grown at a rate of around 15 per cent each year for the last six years. Ari Mervis, Managing Director SABMiller Asia, said, “The Australian premium beer market is growing strongly year-on-year. Pacific Beverages is well placed to capitalise on this ...More Info


Vietnam: Brewer S&N to invest $75 million in Vietnam brewery

Britain's biggest brewer Scottish and Newcastle is looking to start its first brewery in Vietnam with a $75 million investment, state media reported, according to Reuters, December 4.

The plant, to be located near Ho Chi Minh City in the south, would have an annual output of 75 million litres of Kronenbourg beer in the first phase, the Dau Tu newspaper quoted S&N's country manager Juan Luis Restrepo as saying.

The company plans to import Kronenbourg to Vietnam until the plant has started production.

Several international brewers have established their own breweries in Vietnam including Dutch brewer Heineken, Singapore's Tiger Beer and Denmark's Carlsberg.


Romania: United Romanian Breweries Bereprod will invest 16 million Euro to boost canned beer production by 30% in 2008

United Romanian Breweries Bereprod (URBB), the producer of Tuborg, Carlsberg and Skol beer brands, will invest around 16 million euros in order to expand production capacities next year, Ziarul Financiar published December 3.

"For next year, we have planned an investment worth around 16 million euros, which will go into installing new fermentation tanks, and into expanding the capacity of the canned beer line," said Shachar Shaine, president of URBB. According to company representatives, the current canned beer capacity accounts for around 15% of the plant's overall output. "We have reached the maximum capacity for canned beer production, which is why we would like to expand this segment by 30% next year," added Shaine. All brands that are locally produced by URBB, Tuborg, Carlsberg, Skol and Holsten, have a canned beer line. Canned beer and PET-bottled beer are the market segments with the highest increases over the last few years. Canned beer accounted for 8.7% of the local beer market last year, with around 1.5 hectolitres sold, an increase against two years ago, when this segment accounted for just 7.8% of the market, according to data from the Romanian Brewers Association. In October this year, URBB completed investments worth ...More Info


UK: Scottish & Newcastle holders would back higher bid from Heineken and Carlsberg, survey says

Some Scottish & Newcastle Plc shareholders would support a takeover bid from Carlsberg A/S and Heineken NV if the brewers raised their offer to 775 pence a share, according to a survey conducted by Execution Ltd., Bloomberg reported December 4.

About 56 percent of investors who responded would support a bid at 775 pence, and an ``overwhelming'' majority would support an 800 pence-a-share offer, according to an e-mailed note. Execution estimates that investors owning between 10 percent and 20 percent of Edinburgh-based S&N replied.

The U.K. brewer has said Carlsberg's joint 750 pence-a-share offer undervalues their shared Russian business. Valby, Denmark- based Carlsberg wants total control of the companies' Russian venture, while Dutch brewer Heineken is after Scottish & Newcastle's British operations. S&N has started arbitration aimed at forcing Carlsberg to give up its stake in Baltic Beverages Holdings AB, which controls Russia's largest beermaker.

According to the survey, about 60 percent of respondents think Scottish & Newcastle is doing the right thing in pursuing the arbitration. The same amount think the company should be holding discussions with Carlsberg and Heineken.

``We're in regular contact with our shareholders and we're very confident that they have a good understanding of our position, particularly on the ...More Info


USA: Analyst sees Anheuser-Busch, InBev deal

A Citi Investment Research analyst said although Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. appears to be taking some positive steps to increase sales of its core brews, it must change more dramatically to compete with larger international brewers, Associated Press reported November 30.

Analyst Bonnie Herzog suggested in a note to investors that Anheuser-Busch, the nation's largest brewer, combine with a global brewer like Belgium-based InBev NV, the world's largest brewer by volume, to keep growing.

Analysts and investors have speculated about a merger of the two for months, but so far, the companies have stayed mum on the possibility.

Herzog's comments follow Anheuser-Busch's annual regional investor meeting. At the meeting, the brewer said it plans to produce more television ads directed to the core consumer and spend more money on media time for its core brands, which include Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob.

The company is hoping to rejuvenate growth of its domestic brews as more drinkers gravitate to imports and craft brews.

Herzog said the steps are encouraging but not enough to spur more growth.

"While we are encouraged by Anheuser-Busch's sense of urgency on its core brands and improving resource allocation to higher-performance brands, we are not convinced that the strategy outlined today is radical enough ...More Info


Sweden: Swedish tribunal names Scottish & Newcastle chairman in BBH arbitration

The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ("SCC") has today confirmed the appointment of a Chairman to the Arbitral Tribunal which will rule on Scottish and Newcastle's ("S&N") claim that Carlsberg has breached the shareholders' agreement relating to Baltic Beverages Holding AB ("BBH"), the joint venture between S&N and Carlsberg, according to S&N press release, December 5.

The appointment of the Chairman, which has been agreed by the BBH partners and follows the appointment of arbitrators by S&N and Carlsberg, means that the Arbitral Tribunal has now been fully constituted. S&N therefore intends to submit its detailed claim to the Arbitral Tribunal shortly.

S&N welcomes today's move as a significant further step in its arbitration case against Carlsberg A/S's wholly owned subsidiary, Pripps-Ringnes AB, for breaches of the BBH Shareholders' Agreement. The rules of the SCC provide that, in most cases, an arbitration decision is expected within six months of the Arbitral Tribunal being constituted. This suggests a decision would be expected before the end of June 2008. Arbitration decisions cannot be appealed except on procedural grounds.

The Board of S&N continues to be confident that the Arbitral Tribunal will confirm its claims under the ...More Info


Barley News

Europe: 2008 barley crop prices increased again on tight old crop supply

Markets of malt and malting barley had fallen asleep in the middle of October, and prices began to slide down slowly, particularly for nearby deliveries, according to analysts, December 3. The turn-around probably started at the Brau Fair at Nuremberg. All conversations had the same result: old crop supplies are too tight to allow a major decline of markets, and crop 2008 prices at a discount of EUR 40,- looked favourable, also compared to other grain prices.

By the end of November malt business inside the EU for delivery in 2009 commenced at a larger scale. Maltsters acted like last year, they did back-to-back business, avoiding anxiously any short position of barley. The Danish market, which had declined to EUR 250,- FOB seaport for shipment basis October 2008, reacted immediately, with a price jump of EUR 20,- per ton and finally the withdrawal of all offers. France had been a reluctant seller anyway, after the bad experiences of last year, prices of two-row spring barley, July, FOB Moselle, increased to EUR 285,- per ton. As there is no bearish factor visible, a continuation of malt purchases = barley purchases = firmer markets must be anticipated. Only a very good crop ...More Info


Australia: Barley crop slightly better than forecast

The barley crop turned out slightly better than the last ABARE forecast, a total quantity of 5.5 Mill. tons seems possible, according to analysts, December 3.

Australia’s domestic demand is estimated to be close to 1.0 Mill. tons for malting, 2.4 Mill. tons for feed and 0.2 Mill. tons for seeds and losses. That would leave an export surplus of approx. half a Million tons of malting barley and 1.5 – 2.0 Mill. tons of feed barley. Malting barley business to China is mainly done for shipment by container. Reported prices range from US$ 430,- to 490,- CIF, depending on the barley quality and freight cost.


UK: Winter barley decline in importance

There are three candidates for the 2008 HGCA Recommended winter barley List: Actrice, Marcorel and Wintmalt, according to Farmers Weekly Interactive, December 4.

Only one variety looks to have a chance of making it to the list, a fact reflecting the decline in importance of winter barley, says Mr Williams.

"Wintmalt appears an extremely strong candidate for addition, subject to malting trials results.

"While it's susceptible to yellow rust, its standing power is rather better than Flagon's, and BaYMV resistance will be a very valuable trait for committed malting barley growers."

Mr Fenwick is less convinced: "With a yield 1% ahead of Flagon and 2% on Cassata it may get recommended, but all will depend on whether maltsters and brewers want it. Will they give a firm answer - they're normally a bit wishy washy."

Like Cassata it has BaYMV resistance, but poor mildew and yellow rust defences, he notes.

"It's a borderline case. Is it really any advance on what is there already? Probably not."

But Mr Stephenson sees it as "the pick of the bunch".

In the feed category Actrice looks interesting, says Mr Williams. "It has very good resistance to rhyncho and net blotch coupled with strong untreated yield, which may make it a possible ...More Info

Scientific Digest

The effect of storage conditions on post-harvest maturation and maltability of barley

Rainer Reuss, Julie Cassells, Jane Green and Tracy Willis from CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601. Julie.Cassells@csiro.au. www.csiro.au and Ralph Nischwitz from Barrett Burston Malting Co., 15 Gough Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121 nischwitz@bbmalt.com.au

Abstract
Storage conditions have a major influence on the rate at which dormancy breakdown occurs. The rate of breakdown depends mainly on grain moisture content, storage temperature, storage time and the characteristics of individual batches of barley. Data presented in this paper are a significant addition to the existing knowledge on post harvest maturation of Australian malting barley. Germination of Gairdner and Sloop increased at low moisture content (mc) at storage temperatures above 20oC, as water sensitivity progressively broke down. In contrast, Grimmett germination declined under similar conditions. Stirling was very robust and maintained its germination even under high temperature storage, while Tallon had to be stored below 25oC to prevent loss in barley quality. Samples with high water sensitivity and dormancy were less vulnerable to germination loss. Dormancy and water sensitivity could be overcome by matching storage conditions and barley characteristics. Gairdner, Sloop and Stirling, all samples with some level of dormancy and water sensitivity, showed improved maltability after storage, while Tallon and Grimmett, samples with high pre-storage germination, decreased in maltability under most storage conditions. Longer term storage under mild conditions generally resulted in better malting outcomes. Storage affected Kohlbach index, wort -glucan, diastatic power and apparent attenuation limit of malt. Changes in germination and maltability need to be considered in combination to develop optimum storage strategies for breaking dormancy and water sensitivity. In dormant grain, enzyme activity of a-amylase and b-glucanase changed with storage, while b-amylase measurements showed no clear trends. Enzyme activity decreased at higher mc and temperatures concurrent with germination loss. Changes in enzyme activity were highly sample-dependent. An understanding of the vulnerability of particular cultivars to damage in storage will assist in increasing and preserving value. Barley with pronounced levels of dormancy and/or water sensitivity can be safely stored at 25° to 30°C for short periods to increase germination. Care must be taken to monitor germination during storage, and moisture content should be kept at or below 12%. Dormant barley stored at low temperatures may not reach malting quality, even over a 12 month period. Key Words Storage, germination, malting, amylase, glucanase, dormancy, water sensitivity
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Malting barley prices.
French barley prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.4695 December 05, 2007 
 Crop year   2007   2008 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2007   July 2008 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  289.00  425.00  258.00  379.50 
2RS  Prestige  288.00  423.50  257.00  378.00 
2RS  Cellar  287.00  422.00  256.00  376.50 
2RS  Sebastien  286.00  420.50  255.00  375.00 
2RS  Astoria  286.00  420.50  255.00  375.00 
2RS  Cork   286.00  420.50  255.00  375.00 
6RW  Esterel   256.00  376.50  230.00  338.00 

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Theoretical malt prices

EURO = USD 1.4695 December 05, 2007
Crop year  2007 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Dec 2007 - Sept 2008 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  532.00  781.50  555.50  816.00  547.50  804.50  561.50  825.00 
2RS  Prestige  530.50  779.50  554.50  814.50  546.00  802.50  560.50  823.50 
2RS  Cellar  529.50  777.50  553.00  812.50  545.00  800.50  559.00  821.50 
2RS  Sebastien  528.00  776.00  551.50  810.50  543.50  799.00  558.00  819.50 
2RS  Astoria  528.00  776.00  551.50  810.50  543.50  799.00  558.00  819.50 
2RS  Cork   528.00  776.00  551.50  810.50  543.50  799.00  558.00  819.50 
2RS   Average price  529.50  777.50  553.00  812.50  545.00  800.50  559.00  821.50 
6RW  Esterel   490.50  721.50  515.00  756.50  506.50  744.50  521.00  765.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  518.00  761.00  541.50  795.50  533.50  784.00  547.50  804.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  510.50  749.50  534.00  784.50  526.00  772.50  540.00  793.50 


EURO = USD 1.4695 December 05, 2007 
Crop year  2008 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Oct 2008 - Sept 2009 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO USD EURO  USD EURO USD  EURO  USD
2RS  Scarlett  485.00  712.50  508.50  747.50  500.50  735.50  514.50  756.00 
2RS  Prestige  483.50  710.50  507.50  745.50  499.50  733.50  513.50  754.50 
2RS  Cellar  482.50  709.00  506.00  743.50  498.00  731.50  512.00  752.50 
2RS  Sebastien  481.50  707.00  505.00  742.00  497.00  730.00  511.00  750.50 
2RS  Astoria  481.50  707.00  505.00  742.00  497.00  730.00  511.00  750.50 
2RS  Cork   481.50  707.00  505.00  742.00  497.00  730.00  511.00  750.50 
2RS   Average price  482.50  709.00  506.00  743.50  498.00  731.50  512.00  752.50 
6RW  Esterel   449.50  662.00  474.00  696.50  466.00  684.50  480.50  705.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  473.00  695.00  496.50  729.50  488.50  717.50  502.50  738.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  466.50  685.50  490.00  720.50  482.00  708.50  496.50  729.00 

NB: Prices published are theoretical malt prices including financial cost, THC (for bulk and bags container) and all administrative costs. This prices may fluctuate according to the quantity per delivery and technical specifications.

* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter

Table of the week

EU Malt Export Licence Fixations

(in tonnes) 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 July 01, 2007 -
November 27, 2007  
 France   674,140  648,338  460,829  138,827 
 Germany   295,876  236,735  239,633  160,818 
 Belgium   418,344  551,396  531,255  217,659 
 Bulgaria   1,270  960 
 U.K. 201,892  190,862  144,156  55,701 
 Finland   64,986  79,357  70,783  27,391 
 Denmark    74,743  68,809  72,374  43,690 
 Sweden   78,369  96,100  90,550  78,700 
 Netherlands   49,128  92,383  78,754  30,000 
 Ireland   56,924  7,001  2,250 
 Italy  181  1,200 
 Austria   16,954  38,932  22,743  5,093 
 Spain  
 Greece  
 Portugal   850  1,088  992  68 
 Czech Republic   82,062  77,036  41,769  9,453 
 Poland   167-  2,025 
 Hungary   85,792  16,865  5,474  1,477 
 Slovakia   76,916  75,863  23,157  5,393 
 Lithuania  54  172  900 
 Total EU   2,219,661  2,180,986  1,756,941  776,354 

  Total Wheat malt, tonnes  
Total 2004 - 2005  8,162 
Total 2005 - 2006  4,693 
Total 2006 - 2007  5,404 
July 01, 2007 - November 27, 2007  2,195 
   
  Total Roasted malt, tonnes  
Total 2004 - 2005  27,212 
Total 2005 - 2006  23,257 
Total 2006 - 2007  30,084 
July 01, 2007 - November 27, 2007  10,193 
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