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E-Malt.com Newsletter 07a
February 11 - February 13, 2008
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on 13-February-2008

1 EUR = 1.4538 USD
1 EUR = 0.7443 GBP
1 EUR = 1.455 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6072 AUD
1 EUR = 155.675 JPY
1 EUR = 2.5522 BRL
1 EUR = 35.8396 RUB
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Average Market Prices Change trend
February 13, 2008
Crop 2007 Crop 2008
2rs Barley €306.0-308.0 1.60% 2rs Barley €295.0-297.0 1.33%
6rw Barley €263.0-265.0 1.49% 6rw Barley €252.0-254.0 1.94%
2rs Malt €565.0-567.0 1.14% 2rs Malt €540.5-542.5 0.91%
6rw Malt €511.5-513.5 0.87% 6rw Malt €486.5-488.5 1.32%

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 barley. The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices. Arrows indicate the direction of the change.


Top Industry News

USA & Canada: Molson Coors reports increased net sales and income for fourth quarter and full year 2007 ...Click here
UK: Scottish & Newcastle to close largest UK brewery by early 2010 ...Click here
Poland: Kompania Piwowarska beer sales up 13.6% in 2007 ...Click here
UK: Carlsberg launches loans syndication of 2.567 billion pounds to back S&N acquisition ...Click here
Angola: Portugal’s Unicer plans to build a beer factory in Angola ...Click here
Netherlands: Royal Grolsch 2007 net profit up 4% y/y ...Click here
Europe: Malt export licence bookings higher than a year ago ...Click here
France: Government lowers forecasts for 2008/09 barley sowings ...Click here
Europe: EU executive sees larger barley harvest in 2008 ...Click here
Australia: Barley crop result much better than expected ...Click here
Canada: Anheuser-Busch uses Canada malting barley contract ...Click here




Belgium: InBev announces results of AmBev tender offer for Quinsa shares ...More Info
India: Heineken may have to merge Asia Pacific Breweries with Mallya's United Breweries ...More Info
Germany: Czech Pilsen Urquell was the most popular premium beer in Germany in 2007 ...More Info
Netherlands: Heineken rises 5.5 % after Cazenove says cost concerns are “overdone” ...More Info
UK: CAMRA calls 1p cut in beer duty to get drinkers back in pubs ...More Info
USA: Anheuser-Busch launches a lime-infused version of Bud Light to revitalize sales ...More Info
Finland: Raisio posts a modest profit as it battled to limit the impact of sharp rise in grain prices ...More Info
Canada: Opinions divided over 2008 barley acreage ...More Info
Russia: 2007 barley crop lower, imports pick up again ...More Info
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Brewery News

USA & Canada: Molson Coors reports increased net sales and income for fourth quarter and full year 2007

Molson Coors Brewing Company reported net sales growth and increased income for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ending December 30, 2007, in a press release, February 12.

Key fourth quarter results:

Key results for the Company's fiscal fourth quarter (13 weeks) ended December 30, 2007, compared to the fiscal fourth quarter (14 weeks) ended December 31, 2006, include the following:

- Net sales increased 4.5 percent to $1.6 billion.

- Net sales per barrel increased 8.5 percent to $153 per barrel.

- Excluding the impact of the additional week in the Company's fiscal 2006, total Company sales to retail (STRs) rose 1.5 percent;

- U.S. STRs rose 5.5 percent;

- Canada STRs grew 0.7 percent;

- Europe segment STRs declined 6.0 percent.

- Sales volume declined 3.7 percent to 10.5 million barrels, or 12.3 million hectoliters (HLs), due entirely to an additional week in the same quarter last year.

- Cost of goods sold increased 5.5 percent to $978.6 million.

- Marketing, general and administrative expenses were 3.3 percent lower, at $419.7 million.

- U.S. GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) net income rose 74.5 percent to $173.2 million.

- Excluding special and other one-time items, income from continuing operations (after tax) was $133.0 million or $0.73 per diluted share, a 23.6 percent increase compared to $107.7 million or ...More Info


UK: Scottish & Newcastle to close largest UK brewery by early 2010

Scottish & Newcastle has announced its intention to close its Berkshire Brewery operations, on the outskirts of Reading, by early 2010, in a press release, February 12. It will immediately commence consultation with affected employees at the site on the impact of the closure of Berkshire Brewery. The consultation process will include full support for all employees affected.

Our intention follows the announcement in November 2007, of the closure of bottling facilities at the site, and the transfer of 3m hectolitres of production to Coors Brewers Ltd, under a contract brewing agreement.

S&N has carried out a detailed review of the site, and concluded that closure is currently the most viable option going forward. These plans have been shared with the Heineken & Carlsberg consortium as part of the due diligence.

The intention would be to transfer residual brewing and packaging work progressively to other S&N sites including Tadcaster in Yorkshire, the Royal Brewery in Manchester and Dunston, Gateshead. If fully implemented, the net effect of these changes would be a saving of Ł13m per annum from S&N’s cost base, which will enable it to remain competitive within the UK market.

Every effort will be made to seek alternative employment for those affected including ...More Info


Poland: Kompania Piwowarska beer sales up 13.6% in 2007

In 2007 the domestic sales of Kompania Piwowarska (KP), the largest brewery in Poland, exceeded 14.1m hl of beer, reflecting a 13.6% increase in comparison with 2006, Polish market reported February 12.

The highest growth rate was witnessed in the first six months of the year, when sales volume increased by 21% year on year. For the year as a whole the company increased its share of the domestic market by approximately 2 p.p., to 40%.

Interestingly, export sales volume increased much more significantly, by 67% to more than 304,000 hl, and Kompania Piwowarska therefore became the leading exporter of Polish beer. The most important foreign markets for the company were: the UK, Germany, Ireland, Canada and the USA.

According to the general director of KP, Dieter Schulze, in 2008 sales of beer on the Polish market will increase but not as vigorously as they did in 2007. The main reason why the growth rate may slow is the comparatively unavoidable increases in beer prices, a result of the recent substantial rises in the prices of components and packaging.

The Association of Beer Industry Employers estimates that sales of beer in 2008 may grow by less than 5%.


UK: Carlsberg launches loans syndication of 2.567 billion pounds to back S&N acquisition

Danish beer giant Carlsberg has launched syndication of 2.567 billion pounds ($5.01 billion) of loans backing its joint-bid with Heineken for UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), the arranging banks said, according to Reuters, February 11.

Carlsberg and Heineken agreed to buy S&N last month for 7.8 billion pounds, carving up Britain's biggest brewer.

Bookrunners BNP Paribas, Danske Bank, Lehman Brothers and Nordea Bank are targeting a select group of banks in syndication and a bank meeting has been scheduled for Feb. 15 in Copenhagen.

The loan, which totals 2.772 billion pounds, includes a non-syndicated 205 million pound, one-year term loan which will be held by the arranging banks.

The remaining syndicated portion is split between three tranches -- a 1.027 billion pound, three-year term loan, a 770 million pound, five-year term loan and a 770 million pound, five-year revolving credit facility.

Lenders are invited to commit either 185 million pounds or 115 million pounds to the deal.

Heineken's part of the takeover will be funded through committed debt facilities arranged by Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Fortis, HSBC, ING and JP Morgan.


Angola: Portugal’s Unicer plans to build a beer factory in Angola

Unicer Angola plans to build a factory to produce Super Bock beer in Angola, the company’s sales director said in Luanda, Macauhub reported February 12.

Without giving details, Marcos Pereira said in a press conference that the company planned to increase its sales of the product in Angola, where in 2007 it sold a record 108 million liters of beer.

According to Angolan news agency Angop, Pereira said that by opening a factory in Angola Unicer planned to promote the Super Bock brand in the country and become a Portuguese company with an Angolan workforce.

“Negotiations for opening a factory in Angola are progressing. We want to set Unicer up,” Pereira said to explain the reason for the negotiations.


Netherlands: Royal Grolsch 2007 net profit up 4% y/y

Royal Grolsch NV reported full year 2007 net profit of 19.974 mil euro, up from 19.170 mil in 2006 in its final year as an independent company ahead of its looming takeover by SABMiller PLC, Thomson Financial reported February 13.

Sales for the period were 332.9 mil euro, up from 317.5 mil in 2006, while EBITDA was 58.8 mil compared with 56.2 mln in 2006.

Grolsch added that it will not pay a dividend over 2007 due to the fact SABmiller has declared its offer for the company unconditional.

SABMiller holds or has acceptances to 96.23 pct of Grolsch shares and settlement of the offer is expected on Feb 12.

Grolsch said its Dutch operations achieved growth in both volume and market share following the introduction of a new green bottle.

Grolsch International saw volume grow by more than 20 pct, while volumes in the UK fell by more than 10 pct in a 'sharply declining market'.

The brewer also said it will introduce a new green swing-top bottle throughout the world, starting with the Dutch domestic market at the end of April.

The new green bottle will replace the Dutch brewer's brown swing-top bottle.


Malt News

Europe: Malt export licence bookings higher than a year ago

Malt export licence bookings in the EU-27 were 1,103 Mill. tons from July 1, 2007 till January 29, 2008, 30.000 tons more than a year ago, analysts reported February 4. If exports continue at the same pace, the annual figure may still reach 1.9 Mill. tons, 150.000 tons more than during the past campaign.

Former exports of 2,3 to 2,5 Mill. tons cannot be repeated with present reduced capacities and a larger domestic demand, which includes the new EU member countries. The EU is swamped with malt inquiries, which cannot be satisfied in 2008 and most likely not in 2009, either. New capacities under construction or in the planning stage will alleviate the tight supply situation from 2010 onwards unless beer consumption grows even faster.


Barley News

France: Government lowers forecasts for 2008/09 barley sowings

The French farm ministry slightly lifted on its estimate of the country's area sown with winter soft wheat ahead of the 2008 harvest but lowered its forecast for the barley and rapeseed sowings, Reuters reported February 11. The farm ministry cut its estimate of France's 2008 winter barley area to 1.21 million hectares, against 1.23 million hectares seen in December. That would be 2.5 percent higher than last year and around 10 percent above the five-year average.


Europe: EU executive sees larger barley harvest in 2008

The European Union should see its cereals harvest rise by 10.3 percent in 2008, based on increased plantings and a projected upward trend in yields, European Commission agriculture sources said, according to Reuters, February 12.

Barley output would rise by 3.2 percent from 2007 to 59.9 million tonnes.

The figures are based on winter planting data provided by national farm authorities across the EU's 27 member countries and yield trends projected into likely spring cereal plantings.

The EU's area sown with barley was expected to rise by 2.6 percent from last year.


Australia: Barley crop result much better than expected

The barley crop result is much better than officially and privately forecast in December, estimates from 5.6 to 6.3 Mill. tons, according to analysts, February 4.

Figures did not improve at all in the East and little in the South, but the Western barley crop turned out to be really good, particularly in the south (Esperance). The export surplus may reach 2.0 Mill. tons, of which close to 1.0 Mill. tons of malting barley. Known export sales are 800.000 tons.


Canada: Anheuser-Busch uses Canada malting barley contract

U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc has offered a new 2008 malting barley contract spurned by Canadian maltsters and grain companies, according to Reuters, February 11.

The brewer is the first to agree to offer farmers new "CashPlus" contracts based on sales made by the agency, which has a government-granted monopoly on western Canadian malting barley.

"The rather significant tonnage is almost full, so that would seem to indicate that farmers are eager to sign up for this program," said Maureen Fitzhenry, a CWB spokeswoman.

Canadian maltsters and grain companies have refused to participate in the program, saying it would not provide strong enough price signals to entice farmers to grow barley instead of other crops, and would be costly and cumbersome to use.

The agency hopes that will soon change, Fitzhenry said.

"We are talking right now to other companies and we do expect that more contracts will be available soon," she said.

Late on Friday, bids from Anheuser-Busch subsidiary BARI-Canada Inc. were posted on the Agri-ville.com Web site by contributors identifying themselves as farmers.

Anheuser-Busch was unable to comment on Monday.

Greg Kostal, an independent market analyst, said he recommended the contracts with Anheuser-Busch for some farmers he works with.

"The price offerings were such that ... it ...More Info

Scientific Digest

Effect of spring barley protection on the production of Fusarium spp. mycotoxins in grain and malt using fungicides in field trials

M. Váňová1, J. Hajšlová(2), P. Havlová(3), P. Matušinsky(1), K. Lancová(2), D. Spitzerová(1)
(1) Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž, Ltd., Czech Republic (2) Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic (3) Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Brno, Czech Republic

Abstract
The effects of different fungicides in four-year trials with a susceptible variety of spring barley, which was grown in field conditions with two previous crops (sugar beet and corn) and artificially inoculated with spores of Fusarium, were investigated. Field trials were laid down in plots of the Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž, Ltd. (235 m above sea level, average annual temperature 8.7°C, annual precipitation sum 599 mm) in 2000–2003. The variety Kompakt, which was very sensitive to Fusarium head blight (FHB) in other trials, was used in all the trials examined. Incidence and severity of FHB and control with fungicides were measured by deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination of grain and malt. The content of Fusarium trichothecenes was evaluated in one fraction of kernels (diameter 2.5 mm) which is used in malting technology process. In 2000 and 2001, the treatments without adjuvants were applied. In the following two years, Silwet L-77 adjuvant (0.1 l/ha) was used with different rates of water (250 and 150 l/ha in 2002 and 2003, respectively). In all years, DON content increased in most cases a��er the grain samples were malted. The conditions of high grain moisture, moderate temperature and high relative humidity provide an ideal environment for Fusarium growth during germination. The greatest reduction of mycotoxins was achieved using a combination of azole fungicides with tebuconazole or metconazole or a mixture of metconazole + famoxadone + flusilazole with the addition of Silwet L-77 and a low rate of water.
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Malting barley prices.
French barley prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.4538 February 13, 2008 
 Crop year   2007   2008 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2007   July 2008 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  309.00  449.50  298.00  433.50 
2RS  Prestige  308.00  448.00  297.00  432.00 
2RS  Cellar  307.00  446.50  296.00  430.50 
2RS  Sebastien  306.00  445.00  295.00  429.00 
2RS  Astoria  306.00  445.00  295.00  429.00 
2RS  Cork   306.00  445.00  295.00  429.00 
6RW  Esterel   264.00  384.00  253.00  368.00 

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Theoretical malt prices

EURO = USD 1.4538 February 13, 2008
Crop year  2007 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Feb 2008 - Sept 2008 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  568.50  826.50  592.50  861.00  584.00  849.00  598.50  869.50 
2RS  Prestige  567.50  824.50  591.00  859.00  583.00  847.50  597.00  868.00 
2RS  Cellar  566.00  823.00  589.50  857.50  581.50  845.50  596.00  866.00 
2RS  Sebastien  565.00  821.00  588.50  855.50  580.50  843.50  594.50  864.50 
2RS  Astoria  565.00  821.00  588.50  855.50  580.50  843.50  594.50  864.50 
2RS  Cork   565.00  821.00  588.50  855.50  580.50  843.50  594.50  864.50 
2RS   Average price  566.00  823.00  589.50  857.50  581.50  845.50  596.00  866.00 
6RW  Esterel   512.50  746.00  537.00  780.50  528.50  768.50  543.00  789.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  550.50  800.00  574.00  834.50  565.50  822.50  580.00  843.00 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  539.50  784.50  563.50  819.00  555.50  807.00  569.50  827.50 


EURO = USD 1.4538 February 13, 2008 
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  544.00  791.00  568.00  825.50  559.50  813.50  574.00  834.00 
2RS  Prestige  543.00  789.00  566.50  823.50  558.50  812.00  572.50  832.50 
2RS  Cellar  541.50  787.50  565.50  822.00  557.50  810.00  571.50  830.50 
2RS  Sebastien  540.50  785.50  564.00  820.00  556.00  808.50  570.00  829.00 
2RS  Astoria  540.50  785.50  564.00  820.00  556.00  808.50  570.00  829.00 
2RS  Cork   540.50  785.50  564.00  820.00  556.00  808.50  570.00  829.00 
2RS   Average price  541.50  787.50  565.50  822.00  557.50  810.00  571.50  830.50 
6RW  Esterel   487.50  710.50  512.50  745.00  504.50  733.00  518.50  753.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  526.00  764.50  549.50  798.50  541.50  787.00  555.50  807.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  515.50  749.00  539.00  783.50  530.50  771.50  545.00  792.00 

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

Prices Evolution

Prices evolution
Source: E-malt.com

Table of the week

EU Malt Export Licence Fixations

(in tonnes) 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 July 01, 2007 -
January 29, 2008  
 France   674,140  648,338  460,829  219,846 
 Germany   295,876  236,735  239,633  220,852 
 Belgium   418,344  551,396  531,255  328,512 
 Bulgaria   1,270  2,010 
 U.K. 201,892  190,862  114,156  70,338 
 Finland   64,986  79,357  70,783  32,913 
 Denmark    74,743  68,809  72,374  58,650 
 Sweden   78,369  96,100  90,550  78,700 
 Netherlands   49,128  92,383  78,754  42,212 
 Ireland   56,924  7,001  2,250 
 Italy  181  1,680 
 Austria   16,954  38,932  22,743  5,216 
 Spain  
 Greece  
 Portugal   850  1,088  992  272 
 Czech Republic   82,062  77,036  41,769  14,402 
 Poland   167-  2,025 
 Hungary   85,792  16,865  5,474  1,555 
 Slovakia   76,916  75,863  23,157  7,445 
 Lithuania  54  172  900 
 Total EU   2,219,661  2,180,986  1,756,941  1,087,528,354 

  Total Wheat malt, tonnes  
Total 2004 - 2005  8,162 
Total 2005 - 2006  4,693 
Total 2006 - 2007  5,404 
July 01, 2007 - January 29, 2008  5,099 
   
  Total Roasted malt, tonnes  
Total 2004 - 2005  27,212 
Total 2005 - 2006  23,257 
Total 2006 - 2007  30,084 
July 01, 2007 - January 29, 2008  15,305 
Graph Of The Week


Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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