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E-Malt.com Newsletter 52a
December 22 - December 24, 2008
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Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 24-December-2008

1 EUR = 1.3976 USD
1 EUR = 0.9442 GBP
1 EUR = 1.704 CAD
1 EUR = 2.0465 AUD
1 EUR = 126.182 JPY
1 EUR = 3.3446 BRL
1 EUR = 39.7245 RUB
1 EUR = 9.5863 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 24-December-2008

1 USD = 0.7156 EUR
1 USD = 0.6755 GBP
1 USD = 1.2192 CAD
1 USD = 1.4645 AUD
1 USD = 90.2879 JPY
1 USD = 2.3931 BRL
1 USD = 28.4238 RUB
1 USD = 6.8592 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries

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Average Market Prices Change trend

December 24, 2008

Type Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley EUR120.0-122.0 2.42% EUR137.0-139.0 1.43%
6rw Barley EUR114.0-116.0 2.54% EUR127.0-129.0 1.54%
2rs Malt EUR342.5-344.5 1.01% EUR355.0-357.0 0.70%
6rw Malt EUR334.0-336.0 1.03% EUR341.5-343.5 0.72%
Feed Barley EUR97.0-99.0 nq   

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

Philippines: San Miguel establishing two new beer subsidiaries ...Click here
United States: Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell a beer distributorship in the US ...Click here
Russia: High excise on beer is ruining the industry – Union of Russian Brewers ...Click here
Canada: Brick Brewing receives C$1 mln as financial support from Ontario Government ...Click here
United States: US national beer sales drop by 3.8% in November 2008 year-on-year ...Click here
Ukraine: November beer production sees a 4.7% decrease ...Click here
Russia: Baltika sued for breach of malt contract obligations ...Click here
United States: Excellent barley crop traded at unattractive prices ...Click here
Canada: High-quality barley crop results in toughened malt specifications ...Click here
United Kingdom: In 2009, long term contracts are to be a welcome reassurance for malting barley growers - expert ...Click here




United States: One more lawsuit filed against Miller Coors as the brewer streamlines distribution channels ...More Info
Australia: Consumers Association wants to know where premium foreign beers exactly come from ...More Info
Canada: Ontario minimum prices for beer raised on the quiet ...More Info
Mauritius: Beer consumption up in December 2008, though on the decline during the last five years ...More Info
Ukraine & EU: Ukraine asks the EU to annul the restriction on cereals import ...More Info
Argentina: Corona beer to sell 500,000 cases this year – twice as much as in 2007 ...More Info
Peru: Backus beers increase market share by 5% in November ...More Info
New Zealand: DB Breweries latest beer release breaks company records ...More Info
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Brewery News

Philippines: San Miguel establishing two new beer subsidiaries

Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. has formed two new subsidiaries as part of its "restructuring program", GMA News communicated on December, 22.

The two new wholly-owned subsidiaries are Brewery Properties Inc. and Iconic Beverages Inc. for its land holdings in the beer business and beer brands, respectively.

The company provided no further details.

San Miguel Corp. has spun off part of its beer business assets to allow the entry of a foreign investor into its San Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMB) unit, market analysts claimed.

In May 2008, San Miguel said it would embark on a corporate restructuring plan that would involve the divestment of its interests in major subsidiaries such as beer, food and packaging units through an initial public offer or follow-on offer of shares, and the establishment of strategic partnerships with global firms.

San Miguel said it would retain control of at least 51 percent in each of its subsidiaries.

Local analysts said the spin-off could pave the way for the entry of foreign investors into the parent company or SMB.

“The spin-off segregates the assets, which is covered by constitutional limits, such as land,” one analyst said. “[This] could pave the way for a foreign investor into SMB.”

“It has been widely talked ...More Info


United States: Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell a beer distributorship in the US

The St. Louis-based unit of Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev will sell its Western Beverage Co., a huge wholesale operation based in Eugene, Oregon, to Major Brands Inc., St. Louis Today communicated on December, 20.

Major Brands Inc., a massive Missouri wine and liquor operation, is forming a new company called Major Eagle Inc. to buy Western Beverage, which churns out an estimated 6 million to 7 million case equivalents per year and reportedly ranks among A-B's top 25 distributorships.

Major Eagle will purchase A-B's 56 percent stake in Western Beverage as well as the 44 percent stake held by other shareholders. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Todd Epsten, the company’s CEO, said he was excited about the prospect of being "in the beer business in an even larger way, and being part of the A-B network."

According to analysts, it is rare for Anheuser-Busch to sell one of its company-owned beer distributorships. It's rarer still for the company to sell to an outsider, someone who is not already involved in carrying A-B's beer.

Anheuser-Busch has traditionally liked to own a few distributorships to give the company a better sense of how things ...More Info


Russia: High excise on beer is ruining the industry – Union of Russian Brewers

Russia’s brewing industry needs a well-balanced tax policy which would take into account the rapidly changing economic situation and market. Meanwhile, under the global financial crisis, the main task for the Russian brewers is to maintain their positions on the market, Finmarket posted on December, 23.

As a result of the global financial crisis, the nation’s beer industry is now in the doldrums. Last year Russian brewers took a legitimate pride in producing 11.6 bln litres of beer, 15.9% more than in 2006. This year, however, the production decreased by 0.4% during January – November.

The representatives of the Union of Russian brewers believe that the government’s excise policy is the main deterrent to the development of the brewing industry.

“In 2008, the excise on beer was increased by more than 30%, which is much higher than the rate of inflation. Besides, the industry suffers from the growing tariffs of the natural monopolies and the price hike for the raw materials,” Vyacheslav Mamontov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Union of Russian Brewers, says.

Also, the general situation of the global economy significantly restricts the possibility of companies compensating the growing production costs with internal resources, Mr Mamontov states.

Thus, maintaining positions ...More Info


Canada: Brick Brewing receives C$1 mln as financial support from Ontario Government

Brick Brewing Co. Limited announced on December, 24 that it has received financial support of C$1 million, representing its share of the Ontario Craft Brewers Opportunity Fund (OCBOF).

In the third quarter ended October 31, 2008 Brick Brewing offset C$565 thousand of expenditures that met OCBOF spending criteria.

The brewer said the remaining funds will be used to aggressively market its brands to Ontario consumers.

The OCBOF is a four-year, C$8 million initiative. Brick Brewing said it intends to participate in the government program for an additional three years. Funding is available to licensed craft beer manufacturers with annual worldwide production of beer of 300,000 hectolitres or less.

"It is encouraging that government recognizes the importance of a strong, vibrant, locally owned and operated Ontario Craft brewing industry," said George Croft President and CEO of Brick Brewing.

"This support will definitely assist all Ontario Craft Brewers to market their brands to Ontario consumers. The funding will allow Brick to more effectively compete and grow in the Ontario market," Croft added.

Brick Brewing Co. Limited is Ontario's largest Canadian-owned and Canadian-based publicly held brewery.


United States: US national beer sales drop by 3.8% in November 2008 year-on-year

Unofficial national brewer sales indicate a decrease of about 3.8% in taxable removals from 13.6 barrels (revised) in November 2007 to an estimated 13.1 mln barrels in November 2008, the US Beer Institute posted earlier this month.

Taxable removals measure the amount of beer shipped from domestic brewers to distributors within the U.S. market.

The State-by-State Beer Shipments Estimate for November 2008 decreased by 6.2% from 16.322 barrels in November 2007 to an estimate of 15.361 barrels.

Shipment data represents shipments from brewers to wholesalers (including imports) within the state or entire U.S. and is the best available proxy for “consumption”, the Institute informs.


Ukraine: November beer production sees a 4.7% decrease

Ukraine’s beer production fell by 4.7% in November, Pivnoe-delo communicated on December, 22.

The nation’s brewers produced 1.8 mln hl of beer in November 2008, down by 89.2 thousand hl from the same month last year. The brewing enterprises of the Zaporozhye region increased their output by 3.1% to 172 thousand hl. However, the beer-makers of the Zhitomir, Lugansk, and Kiev regions reduced their production by 23%, 64.2% and 0.5% respectively.

As it is reported, in January – November 2008, the production of beer in Ukraine grew by 1.7% to about 30 mln hl. The breweries of the Zaporozhye and Kiev regions increased production by 35.9% and 3.9% respectively, whereas Zhitomir and Lugansk brewed 15.1% and 56% less beer respectively in the reporting period.


Malt News

Russia: Baltika sued for breach of malt contract obligations

Russkiy Solod (Russian Malt), the largest maltster in Russia, has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow’s Arbitrary Court demanding almost 1.6 bln roubles from Baltika Breweries in payment of the malt produced for the brewer, RBC Daily reported on December, 24.

According to Russkiy Solod, the sum also includes a fine for breach of contract obligation for delivery of malt in 2008.

As stated by a market participant, Baltika Breweries refused to purchase the maltster’s production because the prices stipulated in the contract could be twice as high as the current market price.

Russkiy Solod owns three malthouses in Russia and three – in Germany. At the moment it is building two more enterprises. The Russian malthouses produce 375 thousand tonnes of malt annually, those situated in Germany – 245 thousand. In 2007, the company’s turnover amounted to 5.5 bln roubles in Russia and to 90 mln euro in Germany.

Anton Rogachevsky, Baltika’s Director Legal Affairs, declined to comment the situation. Russkiy Solod refused to disclose the exact sum of the debt and that of the fine.

In 2007, Baltika’s total need of malt exceeded 500 thousand tonnes. The brewer met one third of its requirement with malt produced at its own malthouses and ...More Info


Barley News

United States: Excellent barley crop traded at unattractive prices

A good barley crop in most production regions of the world has bolstered barley supplies, both in the feed and malting classes, but this in turn has increased downward pressure on prices for those commodities, Farm & Ranch Guide reported on December, 19.

That, in a nutshell, describes the current barley market, according to Kelly Kotowicz, at the Alvarado Farmers Elevator in Alvarado, Minnesota.

“I guess I have negative news,” he said. “Barley's down, corn's down, wheat's down, beans are down.”

Kotowicz hinted that the decline in barley prices is due to more than the falling prices of other commodities, but also on vastly improved supplies of barley.

This large crop on a global scale has resulted in U.S. exports being cut in half, according to Kotowicz, and this comes at a time when U.S. barley producers recently harvested a large crop with good quality.

“Because of this situation, the outlook for barley isn't very attractive,” he said. “This probably isn't a bad time to be selling barley right now, if you happen to have some in the bin, because if these conditions continue, we could see these weak prices go right into next year's crop.”

At this time, Kotowicz said he is offering grower's ...More Info


Canada: High-quality barley crop results in toughened malt specifications

Many Canadian barley growers may find their chances limited for still having their crop selected as malting barley, Grainews warned on December, 23.

Tougher malt specifications and a struggling Canadian Wheat Board barley export program are limiting those opportunities. And this year, thanks to good quality and high production, there is no shortage of selectable barley in Western Canada, experts inform.

With so much selectable barley to choose from, maltsters have been able to toughen up their malt specifications. "In our area barley quality was pretty stellar, so as far as selectable malt goes, the pool is pretty big," said Jon Fehr, marketing manager for Prairie West Terminal at Plenty, Saskatchewan.

This year, Fehr said, Prairie West Terminal selected malting barley for domestic maltsters and has already covered its malting barley sales commitments for the current marketing year.

"We've taken the best of the best and that has left a bunch of producers with malting barley that maybe don't have selection contracts for it," he said.

"Malt specifications are a moving target depending on what the maltster is looking at," said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board. "This year they are paying particular attention to some ...More Info


United Kingdom: In 2009, long term contracts are to be a welcome reassurance for malting barley growers - expert

UK malting barley needs to meet maltsters' specification to be really profitable and those on fixed price contracts will have done well in 2008, Francis Mordaunt, head of business research at farm business consultant Andersons, was quoted as saying by Farmers Weekly on December, 21.

“There is plenty of malting barley available in Europe and those selling at feed price plus malting premiums have been disappointed,” he said.

For 2009, it seems prudent not to take a gamble on achieving quality specification, according to Mr Mordaunt. Even for those growers who have consistently managed this, long term contracts will provide welcome reassurance.

Scientific Digest

Multivariate Analyses of Beer Foam Stand

James J. Hackbarth

Abstract:
J. Inst. Brew. 112(1), 17–24, 2006
Beer Foam collapse is often described as following an EDL ‘Exponential Decay Law’. Parameters are presented in which this is validated at two pouring temperatures, correcting for en-trained beer before tracking dry foam decline over time. The “mean life” time Tau for foam stand on six beer brands was calculated and compared, and the effect of various abuse/control treatments examined. Principal Component Analysis was then applied to correlate measurements of physical parameters with foam Tau. Key words: Exponential decay, foam collapse, foam measure-ment. Load full article, 8 pages, 3219 Kb, PDF file

Barley Prices

French Malting Barley Prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.3976 December 24, 2008 
 Crop year   2008   2009 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2008   July 2009 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  123.00  172.00  140.00  196.00 
2RS  Prestige  122.00  170.50  139.00  194.50 
2RS  Cellar  121.00  169.50  138.00  193.00 
2RS  Sebastien  120.00  168.00  137.00  191.50 
2RS  Tipple  120.00  168.00  137.00  191.50 
2RS  Henley  120.00  168.00  137.00  191.50 
6RW  Esterel   115.00  161.00  128.00  179.00 

French Feed Barley Prices. Nominal prices
EURO = USD 1.3976 December 24, 2008
Crop year 2008
Parity FOB Creil
Position July 2008
Type EURO USD
Feed Barley 98.00 136.96


Theoretical Malt Prices

EURO = USD 1.3976 December 24, 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  345.50  483.00  377.00  526.50  369.00  516.00  383.50  535.50 
2RS  Prestige  344.50  481.50  375.50  525.00  368.00  514.00  382.00  534.00 
2RS  Cellar  343.50  479.50  374.50  523.50  366.50  512.50  381.00  532.50 
2RS  Sebastien  342.00  478.00  373.00  521.50  365.50  510.50  379.50  530.50 
2RS  Tipple  342.00  478.00  373.00  521.50  365.50  510.50  379.50  530.50 
2RS  Henley  342.00  478.00  373.00  521.50  365.50  510.50  379.50  530.50 
2RS   Average price  343.50  479.50  374.50  523.50  366.50  512.50  381.00  532.50 
6RW  Esterel   335.00  469.50  367.00  513.00  359.50  502.00  373.50  522.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  341.00  476.50  372.50  520.00  364.50  509.50  378.50  529.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  339.50  474.50  370.50  518.00  363.00  507.50  377.50  527.00 


EURO = USD 1.3976 December 24, 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  358.50  500.50  389.50  544.50  381.50  533.50  396.00  553.50 
2RS  Prestige  357.00  499.00  388.50  542.50  380.50  531.50  394.50  551.50 
2RS  Cellar  356.00  497.50  387.00  541.00  379.50  530.00  393.50  550.00 
2RS  Sebastien  354.50  495.50  385.50  539.00  378.00  528.50  392.50  548.50 
2RS  Tipple  354.50  495.50  385.50  539.00  378.00  528.50  392.50  548.50 
2RS  Henley  354.50  495.50  385.50  539.00  378.00  528.50  392.50  548.50 
2RS   Average price  356.00  497.50  387.00  541.00  379.50  530.00  393.50  550.00 
6RW  Esterel   342.50  480.00  374.50  523.50  367.00  513.00  381.50  532.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  352.00  492.00  383.50  535.50  375.50  525.00  390.00  545.00 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  349.50  488.50  381.00  532.50  373.00  521.50  387.50  541.50 

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

Canada: Barley Supply and Disposition as of December 12, 2008
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009f
Seeded area, '000 ha 3,690 4,397 3,787
Harvested area, '000 ha 3,223 3,998 3,502
Yield, tonne/ha 2.97 2.75 3.36
Production, '000 metric tonnes 9,573 10,984 11,781
Imports, '000 metric tonnes 44 58 35
Total Supply, '000 metric tonnes 12,905 12,534 13,389
Exports, '000 metric tonnes 2,008 3,911 2,300
Food & Industrial Use, '000 metric tonnes 183 156 190
Feed, Waste, Dockage, '000 metric tonnes 8,825 6,564 8,399
Total Domestic Use, '000 metric tonnes 9,406 7,050 8,889
Carry-out Stocks, '000 metric tonnes 1,492 1,573 2,200
Average Price, CA$/tonne 165 214 170-200

f: forecast, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, December 12, 2008
Graph of the Week



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