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E-Malt.com Newsletter 17b
April 22 - April 25, 2010
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"Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working"
Harold Rudolph
Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 23-April-2010

1 EUR = 1.3344 USD
1 EUR = 0.8667 GBP
1 EUR = 1.3341 CAD
1 EUR = 1.4399 AUD
1 EUR = 124.252 JPY
1 EUR = 2.3513 BRL
1 EUR = 38.947 RUB
1 EUR = 9.1224 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 23-April-2010

1 USD = 0.7495 EUR
1 USD = 0.6495 GBP
1 USD = 0.9998 CAD
1 USD = 1.079 AUD
1 USD = 93.1234 JPY
1 USD = 1.7621 BRL
1 USD = 29.1873 RUB
1 USD = 6.8364 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change Trend

April 23, 2010

Type Crop 2009 Crop 2010
2rs Barley EUR95.0-99.0 2.11% EUR130.0-134.0 2.33%
6rw Barley EUR92.0-96.0 1.08% EUR111.0-115.0 1.80%
2rs Malt EUR274.5-278.5 0.91% EUR313.5-317.5 1.28%
6rw Malt EUR270.5-274.5 0.37% EUR290.0-294.0 0.86%
Feed Barley EUR86.0-90.0 nq 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

World: Some nations unable to sell their malt though EU maltsters do not use whole capacity ...Click here
Germany: Per capita beer consumption down to 104.8 litres in 2009 - report ...Click here
China: Tsingtao, China Resources Breweries get active in Henan province ...Click here
Namibia: SABMiller to start building new brewery in the second half of this year ...Click here
West Africa: Brewer Solibra reports drop in 2009 net profit but dividend remains unchanged ...Click here
EU: Barley acreage down, but malting barley quality may not be as good as in 2009 - experts ...Click here
Canada: Early spring a positive factor for quality of Canadian malting barley ...Click here


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Russia: State Duma defines what brewing products are ...More Info
South Africa: SABMiller bracing up to Heineken challenge ...More Info
France: Spring barley crop 2010 finds some buyers ...More Info
Brazil: Beer packaging labels to show detailed nutritional information ...More Info
Latvia: Night beer advertising on radio and TV remains legal ...More Info
Australia: New South Wales, Victoria barley threatened by locusts ...More Info
Belarus & Ukraine: Belarus starts antidumping investigation into Ukrainian beer imports ...More Info
Zambia: Zambian Breweries beers get more affordable ...More Info
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Brewery News

Germany: Per capita beer consumption down to 104.8 litres in 2009 - report

German beer consumption fell 2.1 percent last year as an ageing population drank less or switched to other beverages, Bloomberg cited on April, 20 a statement by German statistics office Destatis.

Average per capita consumption of beer and beer-mix beverages declined in 2009 to 104.8 litres from 107.1 litres a year earlier, it is reported.

“This confirms a long-term trend, with falling beer consumption as our population is shrinking and graying,” Marc-Oliver Huhnholz, a spokesman for the country’s brewers’ association, said in an interview. Consumption will probably fall this year by as much as 2 percent, though demand related to the Soccer World Championships may limit the decline, he said.

The nation’s total beer consumption last year was 86.1 million hectolitres, down 1.8 million hectolitres from 2008.

According to Marc-Oliver Huhnholz, the German beer market is surprisingly domestic, with exports only accounting for about 15 percent of revenue.

Germany’s beer market, which includes about 1,300 brewers, is under pressure as discounters try to benefit from overproduction by selling beer for as little as 19 cents a half- litre. Per capita consumption has fallen almost every year since 1991, when the figure was 141.2 litres, according to Destatis.


China: Tsingtao, China Resources Breweries get active in Henan province

China Resources Breweries Co., Ltd. and Tsingtao Brewery are entering the beer market in central China's Henan Province, via acquiring local beer brewers, SinoCast reported on April, 21.

China Resources Breweries has already inked an acquisition agreement with Yue Quan Beer, to fully acquire the latter, sources disclosed. Originated in 1980, Yue Quan Beer currently has CNY 68 million worth of the fixed assets and annual beer production capacity of 100,000 tons. Last year, the company announced the plan to usher in CNY 50 million investments for a 200,000-ton project. China Resources Breweries won the deal eventually.

Still, China Resources Breweries has a more aggressive ambition. Presently, the Beijing-based beer maker is negotiating with another locally-based beer brewer called Ao Ke Beer, aiming to acquire the smaller beer producer.

According to available data, Ao Ke Beer started operation in 1989 and has annual output of about 250,000 tons. In addition to Henan Province, its products are also sold to Hebei and Shaanxi. Still, insiders of Ao Ke Beer did not confirm the acquisition story yet.

In the meantime, Shanghai-listed Tsingtao Brewery reportedly is in talks with Weixue Beer Group. Both sides have had contact with each other for a long time; and ...More Info


Namibia: SABMiller to start building new brewery in the second half of this year

World’s No. 2 brewer SABMiller plc is to build a $34 million brewery in Namibia as it looks to increase its presence in the southern African country by locally producing its popular Castle and Castle Lite brands, Reuters reported on April, 23.

According to the brewing giant, construction of the brewery - which is expected to have a capacity of 220,000 hectolitres and will be built in Okahandja, 70 km north of Namibia's capital Windhoek - will start in the second half of the year.

SABMiller will hold a 60 percent stake in the brewery through SABMiller Namibia Ltd, while the remaining 40 percent will go to local Namibian partners in a black economic empowerment (BEE) scheme.

The BEE partners include Onyewu Investments, which will hold 20 percent, and three charitable trusts.

SABMiller has been importing beer into Namibia for more than 20 years and holds around 22 percent of the local market share. It provides brands like Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Castle Lite.

The new brewery will also include a returnable bottle packaging line and warehousing facilities.


West Africa: Brewer Solibra reports drop in 2009 net profit but dividend remains unchanged

West African brewer and drinks maker Solibra has announced an unchanged dividend of 12,060 CFA francs ($24.79) per share despite a drop in 2009 net profit, Reuters reported on April, 20.

The dividend will be paid out on its 823,024 traded shares. The company this month reported net profit fell to 14.068 billion CFA from 16.8 billion CFA the year before.

Solibra said 2009 sales were bouyed by a spike in the price of cocoa in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest grower, which had given farmers a lot more disposable income to spend on wine and beer.

Turnover increased to 114.7 billion CFA from 104.8 billion CFA the year before, the company said in the report, confirming local press reports.

Solibra said 2010 results will depend on Ivory Coast's volatile politics and on elections which have been repeatedly delayed since 2005.

"Our results in 2010 will particularly depend on the current politico-military crisis and how quickly the presidential poll preparations happen," it said.


Malt News

World: Some nations unable to sell their malt though EU maltsters do not use whole capacity

There is a really great overcapacity of malt in China, Russia and the Ukraine, but only China sells limited quantities of malt to world markets, an analysts’ note communicated last week.

Russia and Ukraine do not and cannot find buyers for their malt, apart from shipments to their southern and eastern neighbours of the CIS/FSU.

France, Germany and the U.K. do not use between 15 and 20% of their malting capacities, industry analysts believe. Most estimates are that this figure applies also to the EU as a whole, 1.5 to 2.0 mln tons.

Normal usage of capacities is 95% or half a million tons below total capacity (on paper). During the last crisis some years ago the effect of an apparent overcapacity was considered so serious that maltsters sold their produce at great losses, one large company went bankrupt. Some companies are at the verge of doing it again, sources claim.

It will only take a better world economy, improved beer markets, a change of beer recipes adjusted to a different price relation of malt and adjuncts and the closure of some old, inefficient malthouses, after which the cycle will point upwards again, experts said.

Apart from this speculative outlook, reduced barley ...More Info


Barley News

EU: Barley acreage down, but malting barley quality may not be as good as in 2009 - experts

Barley acreage estimates show sharp reductions from last year across the EU, industry experts communicated earlier this month.

France’s barley plantings are estimated to reach just 440 thousand ha this year (550 thousand ha last year), Germany’s – 350 thousand ha (433), the UK’s – 475 (750), the Czech Republic’s – 280-300 (320), Slovakia’s – 120-140 (180), Sweden’s – 280 (370).

Finland and Poland report a smaller share of malting barley varieties. Spain and very surprisingly Denmark expect only a small reduction of their spring barley acres. Hungary, Romania and neighbouring Croatia and Serbia predict drastically reduced hectares, because of detrimental markets conditions and a late spring, which did not allow barley planting at the optimal moment.

In the EU there will be 15 – 20% less acreage of spring barley. The lesser hectares alone do not present a major risk for next year’s supplies, but it is questionable whether the EU will have a similar crop result as in 2009, namely very large yields and a perfect selection of quality malting barley, experts said.

Farmers are using less certified and instead more farm seed, and less fertilizer as well. At present, though, fields in Central Europe, France and South England look ...More Info


Canada: Early spring a positive factor for quality of Canadian malting barley

Although positive, the three-year deal for malting barley sales signed by the CWB and China is under what the CWB usually sells in volume if the nation annualizes the agreement, IMBM experts communicated earlier this week.

It would be desirable if Canada could build on these base sales and participate fully in the growth of this large market. If Canada could maintain a solid percentage of China’s annual malt barley needs, it means higher volumes in real terms, IMBM said.

The concern for Canadian malting barley sales/shipping this current year would center around volumes to the USA. Last year shipping levels were quite high against more modest shipping so far this year. Volumes have also declined for malt barley movement to Mexico. There is good supply in the USA from their own crop and with beer consumption levels lower needs have been moderate. With economic recovery, however, and the likelyhood of decreased acres this crop year this situation could reverse itself – notably – before too long, IMBM experts believe.

The CWB forecasts for overall malt barley exports have been tempered accordingly.

There is an early spring in Canada and seeding should start soon and so that should mean an early harvest. That ...More Info

Scientific Digest

Extraction of Bitter Acids from Hops and Hop Products Using Pressurized Solvent Extraction (PSE)

Jiří Čulík, Marie Jurková, Tomáš Horák, Pavel Čejka, Vladimír Kellner, Josef Dvořák, Pavel Karásek and Michal Roth

J. Inst. Brew. 115(3), 220–225, 2009
ABSTRACT
The EBC method 7.7, currently used for determination of bitter acids in hop products, is a time-consuming and laborious extraction technique. In this paper, our aim was to propose a new extraction method based on Pressurized Solvent Extraction (PSE) sometimes also called Pressurized Fluid Extraction (PFE) or Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE). Compared to conventional extractions, PSE offers a number of important benefits. PSE on OnePSE® automated extractor was used for extraction of ?- and ß-acids from hops and hop products and the parameters influencing extraction efficiency and the influence of the sample preparation method were studied. The quantitative determination of ?- and ß-acids in the extracts was accomplished by using an HPLC apparatus equipped with diode array detector. The experimental results were compared with those obtained by the standard EBC 7.7 method and the two methods were found to be fully compatible Key words: analysis, bitter acids, hops, hop products, pressurized solvent extraction, PSE. Load full article, 6 pages, 211kb , PDF file

Barley Prices
French Malting Barley Prices
EURO = USD 1.3344 April 23, 2010
 Crop year   2009   2010 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2009   July 2010 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  99.00  132.50  134.00  179.00 
2RS  Prestige  98.00  131.00  133.00  177.50 
2RS  Cellar  97.00  129.50  132.00  176.50 
2RS  Sebastien  96.00  128.50  131.00  175.00 
2RS  Tipple  96.00  128.50  131.00  175.00 
2RS  Henley  96.00  128.50  131.00  175.00 
6RW  Esterel   94.00  125.50  113.00  151.00 

Nominal French Feed Barley Prices
EURO = USD 1.3344 April 23, 2010
Crop year 2009
Parity FOB Creil
Position July 2009
Type EURO USD
Feed Barley 88.00 117.43
Canadian Barley Prices
USD = CAD 0.9998, April 23, 2010
Canadian Malting Barley Prices, CWB Quotes/Indications, Basis Export Position Crop 2009 in C$/tCrop 2010 in C$/t
2-Row Malting Barley, Domestic 231.00 241.00
2-Row Malting Barley, Off Shore 210.00 225.00
2-Row Malting Barley, for USA 200.00 220.00
2-Row Malting Barley, for Mexico 200.00 220.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Domestic 219.00 229.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Off Shore * 198.00 213.00
6-Row Malting Barley, for USA 185.00 205.00
6-Row Malting Barley, for Mexico 185.00 205.00
Canadian Feed Barley Values, Basis Lethbridge non board Crop 2009 in C$/tCrop 2010 in C$/t
Feed Barley, Basis Lethbridge non board 148.00 nq
* rarely traded


US Barley Prices, Crop 2009
USD = EUR 0.7495, April 23, 2010
Malting Barley Pricesin US$/t
2-Row Malting Barley, Basis Great Falls, Montana 133.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Basis Minneapolis, Minnesota 117.00**
Feed Barley Pricesin US$/t
Feed Barley Basis Great Falls, Montana 112.00
**Thin trading
Canadian malt and barley prices as well as US barley prices information provided by
Integrated Malt Barley Management Ltd IMBM


Malt Prices

Theoretical EU Malt Prices
  EURO = USD 1.3344 April 23, 2010 
Crop year  2009 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Apr 2010 - Sept 2010 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  279.00  372.00  310.00  413.50  302.50  403.50  316.50  422.50 
2RS  Prestige  277.50  370.50  309.00  412.00  301.00  402.00  315.50  420.50 
2RS  Cellar  276.50  368.50  307.50  410.50  300.00  400.00  314.00  419.00 
2RS  Sebastien  275.00  367.00  306.50  408.50  298.50  398.50  313.00  417.50 
2RS  Tipple  275.00  367.00  306.50  408.50  298.50  398.50  313.00  417.50 
2RS  Henley  275.00  367.00  306.50  408.50  298.50  398.50  313.00  417.50 
2RS   Average price  276.50  368.50  307.50  410.50  300.00  400.00  314.00  419.00 
6RW  Esterel   272.50  364.00  304.00  405.50  296.50  395.50  310.50  414.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  275.50  367.50  306.50  409.00  299.00  398.50  313.00  417.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  274.50  366.50  305.50  408.00  298.00  397.50  312.50  416.50 


EURO = USD 1.3344 April 23, 2010 
Crop year  2010 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Oct 2010 - Sept 2011 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  318.00  424.00  349.00  465.50  341.50  455.50  355.50  474.50 
2RS  Prestige  316.50  422.50  348.00  464.00  340.00  454.00  354.50  473.00 
2RS  Cellar  315.50  421.00  346.50  462.50  339.00  452.50  353.00  471.50 
2RS  Sebastien  314.50  419.50  345.50  461.00  337.50  450.50  352.00  469.50 
2RS  Tipple  314.50  419.50  345.50  461.00  337.50  450.50  352.00  469.50 
2RS  Henley  314.50  419.50  345.50  461.00  337.50  450.50  352.00  469.50 
2RS   Average price  315.50  421.00  346.50  462.50  339.00  452.50  353.00  471.50 
6RW  Esterel   292.00  389.50  323.50  431.50  315.50  421.00  330.00  440.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  308.50  411.50  339.50  453.00  332.00  443.00  346.00  462.00 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  303.50  405.50  335.00  447.00  327.50  436.50  341.50  455.50 

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

Canadian Malt Prices
USD = CAD 0.9998, April 23, 2010
Theoretical Canadian Malt Prices, Basis Export Position Crop 2009 in C$/tCrop 2010 in C$/t
2-Row Malt, Domestic 450.00 463.00
2-Row Malt, Off Shore 423.00 443.00
6-Row Malt, Domestic 435.00 447.00
6-Row Malt, Off Shore* 407.00 427.00
* rarely traded
Canadian malt and barley prices as well as US barley prices information provided by
Integrated Malt Barley Management Ltd IMBM
Prices Evolution

Prices evolution

Table of the Week

Beer Market in Switzerland 2000-2009
in hectolitres
Year Production Import Total
Consumption
Per Capita
Consumption
(in litres)
2000 3,586,026 575,929 4,161,955 57.8
2001 3,536,823 617,023 4,153,846 57.4
2002 3,493,536 633,897 4,127,433 56.6
2003 3,665,888 668,486 4,334,374 58.7
2004 3,560,825 701,723 4,262,548 57.3
2005 3,416,991 715,064 4,132,055 54.8
2006 3,494,309 793,713 4,288,022 56.5
2007 3,531,828 838,094 4,369,922 57.1
2008 3,625,293 863,766 4,489,059 58.0
2009 3,554,884 925,540 4,480,424 57.2
* Including production of foreign brands under license; excluding exports
Source: Swiss Brewers' Association
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