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E-Malt.com Newsletter 51b
December 18 - December 21, 2008
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"Beer will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no beer."
Maureen Ogle, beer historian
Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 19-December-2008

1 EUR = 1.4439 USD
1 EUR = 0.9377 GBP
1 EUR = 1.7229 CAD
1 EUR = 2.0521 AUD
1 EUR = 127.393 JPY
1 EUR = 3.415 BRL
1 EUR = 39.723 RUB
1 EUR = 9.9006 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 19-December-2008

1 USD = 0.6927 EUR
1 USD = 0.6494 GBP
1 USD = 1.1933 CAD
1 USD = 1.4214 AUD
1 USD = 88.2351 JPY
1 USD = 2.3651 BRL
1 USD = 27.5111 RUB
1 USD = 6.8569 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change trend

December 19, 2008

Type Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley EUR123.0-125.0 EUR139.0-141.0
6rw Barley EUR117.0-119.0 EUR129.0-131.0
2rs Malt EUR346.0-348.0 EUR357.5-359.5
6rw Malt EUR337.5-339.5 EUR344.0-346.0
Feed Barley EUR97.0-99.0 nq   

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China: China Resources Snow Breweries starts construction of Shanghai’s biggest beer plant ...Click here
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Australia: International interest in Foster’s beer business reduced by its struggling wine division - experts ...Click here
China: Tsingtao Brewery to focus on the domestic market without forgetting about the world outside - CEO ...Click here
EU: Bud case – a blow to Anheuser-Busch and a great publicity for its Czech rival ...Click here
Czech Republic: Czechs slowly switching to weaker beer ...Click here
United Kingdom & United States: UK maltster Muntons now officially represented in the US ...Click here
World: ONIGC posts provisional estimates for barley production and trade in 2008/2009 ...Click here
Canada: Feed barley down C$3, malting barley drops C$4 per tonne in CWB’s December PRO for 2008/2009 ...Click here
Ukraine: Ukraine’s hop growing industry does not need speculators - expert ...Click here




Russia: January – November beer production makes 11 bln litres ...More Info
Ukraine: Obolon brewery may report a UAH25 mln loss in 2009 due to increased water prices ...More Info
United States: MillerCoors promising never again to combine beer with caffeine ...More Info
Switzerland: Feed barley crop 2008 estimated at 203,000 tonnes ...More Info
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Canada: Coors Light beer sets a record of Quebec shipments ...More Info
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Brewery News

China: China Resources Snow Breweries starts construction of Shanghai’s biggest beer plant

China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd., which is owned by SABMiller Plc and China Resources Enterprise Ltd., started building a 650 million yuan ($95 million) brewery in Shanghai, the Oriental Morning Post reported, citing Wang Qun, general manager of China Resources Snow, on December, 19.

The plant will have an annual production capacity of 400 mln tonnes, making it the biggest beer production plant in Shanghai.

The brewer is to face a stiff competition with Suntory Ltd. of Japan, which controls about half of the market in Shanghai, and Tsingtao Brewery Co., which holds about 20 percent.

The total consumption of beer in Shanghai is about 800 million litres while China Resources Snow's current sales stand at 80 million litres, said a company insider.

Shanghai, as one of the most competitive beer markets in China, is the China headquarters of the newly merged Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer with an annual output close to 1 billion litres in China.


Brazil: AmBev investigated on suspicion of unfair trade practices

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas — better known as AmBev, the Brazilian unit of the world's biggest brewer — is being investigated on suspicion of anticompetitive practices by the Brazilian Justice Ministry, Bloomberg reported on December, 18.

The ministry's economic defence and protection department is investigating whether exclusivity contracts between retailers and AmBev, a unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, impede the entry of competitors into the market.

The ministry said in a statement that it was also looking into whether the company was limiting competition by supplying retailers with refrigerators that can store only AmBev products.

In a separate investigation, the department will decide if AmBev's promotion of its Puerto del Sol and Puerto del Mar brands about the same time a competitor introduced the Sol brand in Brazil was meant to confuse consumers, the ministry said. The Sol brand is distributed in Brazil by Cervejarias Kaiser SA, a unit of Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB.

A spokeswoman for Ambev in Sao Paulo said the company had not been notified of the investigation and declined to comment further.

"AmBev, being the market leader, is always watched closely by government agencies," said Alan Cardoso, analyst at Agora Corretora in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "There's ...More Info


Australia: International interest in Foster’s beer business reduced by its struggling wine division - experts

Australia's biggest brewer, Foster's Group Ltd, is less likely to hive off its $3.5 billion wine business, the world's second largest, early next year as there are few obvious buyers and funding is hard to find, Reuters posted on December, 18.

Speculation has been rife that international brewers are circling Foster's beer business if it unhitches the struggling wine unit from a reliable earnings stream generated by an Australian beer market share of more than 50 percent.

However, the chances of the maker of Crown Lager and Victoria Bitter being swept up in a global brewing industry consolidation are decreasing as expectations grow that the wine unit will stay.

Analysts say the A$5 billion wine operation, which ranks behind only Constellation, will be tough to sell as potential buyers are few and harsh debt markets make funding a deal difficult. Returns from selling wine are also under pressure as supplies are plentiful but consumer demand is slowing.

"In this type of market it's going to be very difficult to do anything. My guess is we'll get an internal restructure story," said Theo Maas, investment analyst at Fortis Investment Partners.

The lure of Foster's beer operations, worth A$10-A$11 billion, may not be enough to convince an ...More Info


China: Tsingtao Brewery to focus on the domestic market without forgetting about the world outside - CEO

China’s Tsingtao Brewery said it would continue to concentrate on the huge domestic market, where potential is high especially in rural areas, CCTV communicated on December, 19.

Sun Mingbo, President of Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. said "We will focus on the domestic market first and then seek further overseas expansion. In fact, the Chinese market has accounted for a large proportion of the global brewery markets. Competition at home is just as tough as competition abroad."

The Chinese government's measures to boost domestic consumption are also boosting homegrown brands' confidence. Tsingtao’ CEO states the company will not stop developing its brands both at home and abroad.

Sun Mingbo said "We have prepared for the difficulties in the coming year. The brewery industry is relatively stable amid the turmoil. Besides, the central government's measures to boost domestic consumption will help drive the sector's development. Plus, the declining raw material prices will help in our further development."

China is expected to experience slower economic growth in 2009. Despite this, enterprises say they will continue with their strategies and do their best to get ready for the next wave of growth.


EU: Bud case – a blow to Anheuser-Busch and a great publicity for its Czech rival

The European court's ruling that Anheuser-Busch should not have rights to the brand throughout the EU is a blow to the US firm but a positive for Budvar, which has gained good publicity over the years from its Bud battles, Drinks Business Review communicated on December, 17.

Anheuser-Busch has been fighting for trademark exclusivity of the Budweiser name for a number of years, with varying degrees of success. The company claims to have used the Budweiser name for longer than Budejovicky Budvar, having been founded in 1876 while the latter was formed in 1895. However, the Czech company claims that the Budweiser name has been in use for much longer, as it refers to a type of beer that has been brewed in a specific region of the Czech Republic since 1260, predating the American claim by 616 years.

The latest ruling means that unless Anheuser-Busch decides to appeal the decision, it will have to battle it out with Budvar on an individual country basis, which could be costly. This is something it may wish to avoid, given the company's recent acquisition by InBev and subsequent cost cutting exercises: indeed, the firm has slashed 1,400 jobs in the US alone since the ...More Info


Czech Republic: Czechs slowly switching to weaker beer

Plzeňský Prazdroj, the leading brewer of the Czech Republic, is experiencing the usual pre-Christmas sales, so the volumes are slightly lower than in the summer, when people drink more beer to refresh themselves, the company spokesman Jiří Mareček was quoted as saying by the Prague Post on December, 17.

As it was previously reported, the nation’s domestic consumption fell 2 percent from January to September compared with the same period in 2007. Exports of Czech beer grew 4 percent, prompting breweries to rethink their strategy, and the production dipped 0.9 percent.

Sales of non-alcoholic beer are steadily increasing in the Republic, with output growing 18 percent year on year to more than 461,000 hectolitres. Though non-alcoholic beer accounts for only 5 percent of total Czech beer production, insiders predict that its popularity will continue to rise, and say such figures are only one example of how beer drinkers’ tastes are changing.

“People don’t reduce beer drinking in tough times but switch to weaker and cheaper consumption,” said Jan Veselý, president of the Czech Beer and Malt Association.

“The popularity of 11-degree beer is increasing, and this is usually connected with a decrease of 12 degree.”

Max Munson, the owner of Jáma, a restaurant and pub ...More Info


Malt News

United Kingdom & United States: UK maltster Muntons now officially represented in the US

Muntons plc, a malt and malted ingredients manufacturer based in Stowmarket Suffolk, UK, announced the opening of its first office in the USA at the end of last month.

Though the company has been trading in North America for many years this is the first time that it has based an employee actually in the area.

Terry McNeill, Muntons Malted Ingredients international sales manager, will be developing sales of Muntons malted ingredients across the North American continent, including Canada and Mexico, it is reported.

In addition to the food and bakery industry, Terry will also be looking after the burgeoning homebrew and microbrewery markets.

Microbrewing has shown consistent growth in the USA over the last few years with discerning consumers adopting these unique regionally brewed beers in preference to the more usual light lagers prevalent across the country and Muntons are proud to have been supplying this market since its inception over twenty years ago, the company posted.

The opening of Muntons US office marks the second stage of their overseas expansion, complimenting the opening last year of their office in Singapore.

Muntons exported nearly 47,000 tonnes - nearly 2,000 truckloads - of malt and malted ingredients worth over £21 million in the last year, ...More Info


Barley News

World: ONIGC posts provisional estimates for barley production and trade in 2008/2009

The ONIGC (Office National Interprofessionnel des Grandes Cultures) published its provisional estimates for the 2008/2009 marketing year on December, 10.

World barley production in the 2008/2009 MY was reduced to 155 mln tonnes (minus 1 mln tonnes from the last month’s estimate, + 15% compared to 2007), with the production estimates lowered for Argentina and Australia.

The estimates for the barley crop of the main producers were increased as follows:

• EU-27 – to more than 66 mln tonnes (+ 8.5 mln tonnes versus 2007); • Former Soviet Union - 40 mln tonnes (+12.5 mln tonnes versus last year), of which 22.5 mln tonnes for Russia and 12.5 mln tonnes for Ukraine; • Canada – more than 11 mln tonnes (+ 0.2 mln tonnes from 2007); • Australia – 6.5 mln tonnes (- 1 mln tonnes from the last estimate, + 0.6 mln tonnes compared to 2007).

Global consumption is expected to be 149 mln tonnes in 2008/2009 (+ 10 mln tonnes from 2007/2008). Feed use estimate remains at more than 104 mln tonnes (+11% from the last marketing year); industrial use, brewing in particular, is estimated to be 28 mln tonnes).

World trade is estimated to embrace 19 mln tonnes of barley, an ...More Info


Canada: Feed barley down C$3, malting barley drops C$4 per tonne in CWB’s December PRO for 2008/2009

The CWB released its December Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2008-09 crop year on December, 18.

According to the Board, world grain markets continue to be impacted by large crops, cautious buyers and economic uncertainty. Currency volatility is injecting tremendous uncertainty into grain prices, including the CWB PRO.

Designated barley has declined by C$4 per tonne (two-row to C$320 per tonne from C$324 in November’s PRO, six-row malting barley – to C$300 from C$304 last month).

Pool A feed barley is down C$3 per tonne to C$187 per tonne from C$190 in November. The first PRO for Pool B feed barley is C$162 per tonne.

Barley PRO Commentary 2008-09 crop year

Feed barley Global barley supply is the largest in four years, with the most recent USDA report increasing global production by a million tonnes to 150 million tonnes, with the bulk of the increase coming from Canada and the European Union. Demand from Saudi Arabia has softened after the high feed demand associated with the Festival of Eid held in early December. In the Black Sea region, credit challenges have prompted producers to become aggressive in moving barley into the market, creating greater competition.

Designated barley A weakening trend in malt barley prices continued during the ...More Info


Hops News

Ukraine: Ukraine’s hop growing industry does not need speculators - expert

Domestically produced hops covers only 15% of the needs of Ukraine’s brewers, who are forced to import the rest, the Day Weekly posted on December, 17.

It is a well-known fact that to survive in the free market environment, manufacturers should be able to present new and competitive goods. In hops growing this means breeding and producing new varieties, which would meet all the requirements of the brewing industry and be sold at reasonable prices.

Over the last decade, the spectrum of hops varieties cultivated has undergone considerable changes all over the world. On the one hand, this resulted from the changing needs of the brewers, on the other – from the appearance of new more competitive varieties.

The players on the hops market of the last decade may be characterized as follows:

• nations that do not grow hops but produce beer; • nations that grow hops in the amounts significantly exceeding their domestic needs; • countries, mostly producing hops of the coarse varieties, but at the same time having a strong demand for more delicate specialty beers like Pilsens (and, consequently, for more delicate hops varieties); • nations importing hops for intermediate trade and at the same time producing hops ...More Info

Scientific Digest

Analysis of the Fungal Community in Zaopei During the Production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour Liquor

Wen-xue Zhang, Zong-wei Qiao, Yue-qin Tang, Cheng Hu, Qun Sun, Shigeru Morimura and Kenji Kida

Abstract

ABSTRACT J. Inst. Brew. 113(1), 21–27, 2007 Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and 18S rRNA gene analysis were carried out to analyze the fungal community in Zaopei during the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. Two pairs of primers (EF4 /Fung5 and EF4/NS2-GC) were used for the DGGE. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for clone analysis was preformed with the primers (EF4 /EF3). The results of the DGGE analysis showed that the fungal 18S rRNA genes taken from the Zaopei sample of the pit had high diversity. Gene clone libraries containing 120 clonal sequences of 18S rRNA were constructed. The fungal diversity shift showed that the fungal genera changed with increasing fermentation time and four genera of fungi (Issatchenkia, Talaromyces, Aspergillus and Eurotium) were the main dominant communities during the fermentation of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. The clonal sequences of the genera Rhizopus and Saccharomyces were found with difficulty from the clone libraries of Zaopei, suggesting that the genera Rhizopus and Saccharomyces perhaps are not necessary for saccharifying and fermenting grains during the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. Key words: Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor, clone analysis, DGGE, fungi, 18S rRNA gene, Zaopei. Load full article, 7 pages, 676 Kb, PDF file

Barley Prices

French Malting Barley Prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.4439 December 19, 2008 
 Crop year   2008   2009 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2008   July 2009 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  126.00  182.00  142.00  205.50 
2RS  Prestige  125.00  180.50  141.00  203.50 
2RS  Cellar  124.00  179.50  140.00  202.50 
2RS  Sebastien  123.00  177.50  139.00  201.00 
2RS  Tipple  123.00  177.50  139.00  201.00 
2RS  Henley  123.00  177.50  139.00  201.00 
6RW  Esterel   118.00  170.50  130.00  188.00 

French Feed Barley Prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.4439 December 19, 2008
Crop year 2008
Parity FOB Creil
Position July 2008
Type EURO USD
Feed Barley 98.00 141.50


Theoretical Malt Prices

EURO = USD 1.4439 December 19, 2008 
Crop year  2008 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Dec 2008 - Sept 2009 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO USD EURO  USD EURO USD  EURO  USD
2RS  Scarlett  349.50  504.50  380.50  549.50  373.00  538.50  387.00  559.00 
2RS  Prestige  348.00  502.50  379.50  547.50  371.50  536.50  386.00  557.00 
2RS  Cellar  347.00  501.00  378.00  546.00  370.50  534.50  384.50  555.50 
2RS  Sebastien  345.50  499.00  377.00  544.00  369.00  533.00  383.50  553.50 
2RS  Tipple  345.50  499.00  377.00  544.00  369.00  533.00  383.50  553.50 
2RS  Henley  345.50  499.00  377.00  544.00  369.00  533.00  383.50  553.50 
2RS   Average price  347.00  501.00  378.00  546.00  370.50  534.50  384.50  555.50 
6RW  Esterel   338.50  490.00  370.50  535.50  363.00  524.00  377.50  544.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  344.50  497.50  376.00  542.50  368.50  531.50  382.50  552.00 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  343.50  495.50  374.50  540.50  366.50  529.50  381.00  550.00 


EURO = USD 1.4439 December 19, 2008
Crop year 2009
Parity FOB Antwerp
Position Oct 2009 - Sep 2010
Conditioning Bulk In bags Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety EURO USD EURO USD EURO USD EURO USD
2RS  Scarlett  360.50  520.50  392.00  566.00  384.50  554.50  398.50  575.50 
2RS  Prestige  359.50  519.00  390.50  564.00  383.00  553.00  397.50  573.50 
2RS  Cellar  358.50  517.50  389.50  562.50  381.50  551.00  396.00  571.50 
2RS  Sebastien  357.00  515.50  388.50  560.50  380.50  549.50  394.50  570.00 
2RS  Tipple  357.00  515.50  388.50  560.50  380.50  549.50  394.50  570.00 
2RS  Henley  357.00  515.50  388.50  560.50  380.50  549.50  394.50  570.00 
2RS   Average price  358.50  517.50  389.50  562.50  381.50  551.00  396.00  571.50 
6RW  Esterel   345.00  499.50  377.00  544.50  369.50  533.50  383.50  554.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  354.50  512.00  385.50  557.00  378.00  546.00  392.50  566.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  352.00  508.50  383.50  553.50  375.50  542.50  390.00  563.00 

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

Table of the Week

Czech Hops Production and Acreage 2000-2008
Production (t)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Saaz 4531.7 6268.7 5992.3 4958.9 5407.0 6816.3 4717.9 4563.4 5563.1
Sladek 168.3 153.1 217.4 256.3 195.0 470.5 363.5 488.2 548.6
Premiant 124.0 152.8 193.9 272.6 151.0 365.8 244.8 424.4 479.0
Bor 19.2 26.4 16.7 15.6 17.0 29.4 13.7 5.2 114.1
Agnus     6.0 16.0 52.0 125.3 86.6 119.7 10.6
Rest 21.6 20.4 15.7 6.4 16.0 23.9 26.9 29.7 37.3
Total 4864.8 6621.4 6442.0 5525.8 5838.0 7831.2 5453.4 5630.6 6752.8
Acreage (ha)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Saaz 5913.0 5860.0 5639.0 5574.0 5518.6 5231.0 4926.0 4840.0 4748.0
Sladek 82.0 92.0 152.0 163.0 377.9 202.0 222.0 215.0 239.0
Premiant 70.0 88.0 141.0 149.0 304.7 153.0 181.0 249.0 267.0
Bor 17.0 19.0 19.0 18.0 19.8 17.0 17.0 10.0 13.0
Agnus     3.0 19.0 68.6 52.0 51.0 51.0 51.0
Rest 13.0 16.0 13.0 19.0 21.1 17.0 17.0 24.0 26.0
Total 6095.0 6075.0 5967.0 5942.0 6310.7 5672.0 5414.0 5389.0 5344.0
Source: Hop Growers Union of the Czech Republic
Graph of the Week



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December 19
1997 Masaru Ibuka co-founder Sony Corporation, dies at 89
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December 20
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1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27 million
1966 The transmission of trades and quotes from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange is fully automated for the first time

December 21
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1913 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
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