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E-Malt.com Newsletter 21b
May 20 - May 23, 2010
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"There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others"
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Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 21-May-2010

1 EUR = 1.2396 USD
1 EUR = 0.8639 GBP
1 EUR = 1.3137 CAD
1 EUR = 1.497 AUD
1 EUR = 112.33 JPY
1 EUR = 2.3102 BRL
1 EUR = 38.6098 RUB
1 EUR = 8.476 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 21-May-2010

1 USD = 0.8069 EUR
1 USD = 0.6968 GBP
1 USD = 1.0598 CAD
1 USD = 1.2076 AUD
1 USD = 90.6259 JPY
1 USD = 1.8637 BRL
1 USD = 31.1473 RUB
1 USD = 6.8378 CNY
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Average Market Prices Change Trend

May 21, 2010

Type Crop 2009 Crop 2010
2rs Barley EUR101.0-105.0 1.98% EUR133.0-137.0 1.46%
6rw Barley EUR97.0-101.0 1.02% EUR116.0-120.0 1.67%
2rs Malt EUR282.5-286.5 0.89% EUR317.0-321.0 0.78%
6rw Malt EUR277.5-281.5 0.36% EUR296.5-300.5 0.67%
Feed Barley EUR92.0-96.0 2.17% 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: World malt trade forecast to decline to 5.4 mln tons in 2009/10 ...Click here
Russia: EFES increases capacity at Kazan malthouse ...Click here
World: SABMiller’s beer volumes flat, group revenue up 4% in the year ended March 31 ...Click here
China: Tsingtao to build new brewery in Hebei province ...Click here
United Kingdom: Beer sales down in the first quarter of 2010 ...Click here
Ukraine: Beer market forecast to contract further as Rada boosts beer excise rate by 23.3% ...Click here
World: Barley is specialty crop for malting in most nations ...Click here
EU: Barley plantings expected to decrease by up to 20% this year ...Click here
United States: Market still depressed by large supplies of malting barley ...Click here
Mercosur: Large malting barley imports necessary this year - experts ...Click here


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United Kingdom: SABMiller may move out of the UK due to onerous tax regime ...More Info
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Brewery News

World: SABMiller’s beer volumes flat, group revenue up 4% in the year ended March 31

SABMiller plc, the world’s second-largest brewer, reported on May, 20 its preliminary (unaudited) results for the twelve months to 31 March 2010.

Lager volumes of 213 million hectolitres were in line with the prior year on an organic basis, however, the brewer achieved share gains in many markets.

Group revenue increased by 4% to US$26.35 bln and EBITA was up 6% to US$4.38 bln with margin growth of 30 basis points (bps) driven by robust pricing and cost efficiencies.

SABMiller said raw material costs were marginally higher than the prior year, with cost increases moderating during the second half. Brewing raw material costs began to trend lower later in the year, although packaging and sugar costs continued to rise. Focus was maintained on cost management and productivity, with synergies and cost restructuring benefits offsetting increases in depreciation, paycost inflation and, in some markets, increased investment in brand and retail execution. EBITA also grew 6% on a reported basis, with the significant adverse currency impact in the first half offset in the second half as our major operating currencies appreciated against the US dollar.

The group generated free cash flow of US$2.010 bln, an improvement of US$1.913 bln compared with the prior year. Significant improvements ...More Info


China: Tsingtao to build new brewery in Hebei province

To enhance its competitiveness in Beijing, China's Tsingtao Beer will invest CNY600 million to build a new brewery project in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, China Retail News reported on May, 21.

Tsingtao Beer has signed an agreement with the management committee of Shijiazhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone to build the new manufacturing base in this zone.

With a planned area of 300 mu, the new project will reportedly have an annual capacity of 400,000 kiloliters of beer and will become a top-level modern brewery in China.

The project will start construction in June 2010 and is expected to be completed in June 2011. On its completion, the new plant will make both Tsingtao Beer and Laoshan Beer, another brand owned by the company, in Shijiazhuang.

According to a company official, the new project will be the company's 54th manufacturing base and also a comparatively large one. In addition, for strategic layout, Tsingtao Beer currently has no plant in the southern areas of Hebei, but the new one in Shijiazhuang will be a good link between its plants in Beijing and Langfang.

Statistics provided by Tsingtao Beer show that the company's revenue from major businesses was CNY4.141 billion in the first quarter ...More Info


United Kingdom: Beer sales down in the first quarter of 2010

Pub beer sales fell by 8.8 per cent in the quarter and overall beer sales were down by 5.1 per cent on the first quarter of 2009, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) reported on May, 21.

The exceptional and severe weather in January, which prevented many from going to the pub, was the major contributor to the fall in sales, BBPA said.

Given the continuing fragility in the beer market the BBPA is asking the Government not to increase pressure on the sector unnecessarily by increasing beer taxes in the Budget on 22 June. The year-on-year change in beer sales is improving – the rate of decline easing to 3.5 per cent in the year to March 2010 from 4.2 per cent in the year previously – indicating that there are some signs of an underlying improvement in the sector.

The five per cent increase in Beer Duty in the 2010 Budget came into effect as the quarter was ending, with fears that an effective increase of 8 pence per pint is likely to have a further depressive effect on future beer sales. The tax increase put a further cost burden of £161 million on the sector, at a time ...More Info


Ukraine: Beer market forecast to contract further as Rada boosts beer excise rate by 23.3%

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has boosted the excise tax rate on malt beer by 23.3% or UAH0.14 to UAH0.74 per litre, Ukrainian News reported on May, 20.

By a document entitled "On amendments to several legislative acts (concerning taxation)" the parliament removes from the law on excise tax rates and customs import duty on certain goods (products) the norm, according to which from July 1, 2009 the excise duty on beer was set at UAH0.6 per litre, and set the rate at UAH0.74 per litre.

A total of 246 members of parliament voted for law No. 6337, when 226 votes enough for passage.

Beer output was down 6.2% or 1.98 million hl to 30.05 million hl in Ukraine in 2009 against 2008.

Ukraine's beer market contracted by 7.4% last year, and experts forecast that the beer market may fall by 15 - 20% this year.

According to State Statistics Committee, beer production shrank by 4% in the first quarter of 2010, to 5.32 million hl.

Market operators believe that a rise in prices of water and another increase in excise rates will result in a reduction of beer consumption in Ukraine.

"A rise in sale prices will reduce demand for beer and endanger not only ...More Info


Malt News

World: World malt trade forecast to decline to 5.4 mln tons in 2009/10

World trade in barley malt in 2009/10 (July/June) is forecast to decline to 5.4 mln tons (grain equivalent), down by 8% from the previous year and 13% below the 2007/08 record, the IGC said in its March Grain Market Report.

The forecast is lowered by 0.3 mln tons from the previous one (November).

The economic downturn has slowed growth in beer demand, with production in mature markets mostly declining in 2009.

Increased domestic production of barley malt in some countries continues to have an impact on global trade.

Russia’s malt imports in 2009/10 are forecast to decline to just 50,000 tons, around 50% lower than the previous year and only a fraction of the 2001/02 peak of 822,000 tons. Domestic malt production has increased sharply over the past decade, while stocks of malt have risen due to the recent decline in beer sales.

Brazil is the world’s largest malt market, with 2009/10 imports forecast unchanged from a year ago, at 1.0 mln tons. While imports may not to match the 2007/08 record, beer consumption continues to expand. This year’s lower-quality malting barley crop in Argentina is also underpinning demand for imported malt. Due to a slow pace of shipments to date, imports ...More Info


Russia: EFES increases capacity at Kazan malthouse

EFES Russia has launched a new manufacturing area at its malthouse in Kazan, Kommersant reported on May, 20.

The investments in the project totalled US$28.5 mln. The modernization of the plant allowed for the facility’s total capacity to reach 45 thousand tonnes per year.

The company’s total malt production capacity in Russia thus increased to 175 thousand tonnes, which covers all EFES Russia’s malt needs.


Barley News

World: Barley is specialty crop for malting in most nations

The barley acreage is lower in almost every country of the Northern Hemisphere this year, industry analysts communicated earlier this month.

Feed barley and more so malting barley have been the least rewarding grain crops to farmers in recent years. On the other hand the demand for oilseeds and corn is increasing continuously, driven mainly, but not only by the production of ethanol and bio-diesel.

There have been trials to use barley for ethanol, but so far barley remains a grain, which is used for malting, feed and to a very small extent for food and other purposes.

In China, the USA, Mercosur, South Africa barley is no more than a specialty crop for malting, the development in Europe and Canada goes, albeit slowly, into the same direction.


EU: Barley plantings expected to decrease by up to 20% this year

There are few reliable acreage estimates of winter and spring barley plantings in the EU available yet, a research note communicated at the end of April.

The French official estimate is 440,000 ha of spring barley vs. 564,000 ha a year ago. Total barley fields cover 1.6 mln ha vs. 1.884 last year.

Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on May, 18 the size of the seeding area for spring barley has declined to the lowest level recorded since 1990.

The area planted to spring barley in Germany has reached just 367.5 thousand ha. The cultivation of winter barley decreased by just under 9% to 1.3 million hectares, Destatis said.

Denmark had anticipated a 12% reduction of spring barley sowings, but winter kill of wheat necessitates larger spring plantings so that spring barley may come out close to last year’s acreage of 450,000 ha, experts believe.

No new estimates are available from the U.K. Last year’s artificially high 750,000 ha of spring barley may fall back to 500,000 ha this year.

As early acreage estimates of other EU countries are lower as well, analysts still count on a 15 – 20% reduction of the EU spring barley plantings. Last year many ...More Info


United States: Market still depressed by large supplies of malting barley

Huge supplies of both feed and malting barley continue to be a weight around the neck of any significant price rally in the US, but Randy Brag of Valley Grain Services in Casselton does see some light at the end of the tunnel in regards to shrinking the stockpile of barley, The Farm & Ranch Guide reported on May, 20.

“I think we have a dilemma between now and harvest as to where we go with all of this old crop, but this reduction in acres has to be positive for barley down the road,” he said. “When that spot down the road is going to be - who knows. Maybe it's next November or December, or it we could start seeing it in October. And I think the malting side will respond quicker than the feed side.”

The feed barley market has shown a little strength in the past few weeks, he said.

This bump in prices has been the result of few deliveries from the farm, due to farmers working on putting this year's crop in and some of the companies being caught a little short on supply.

Looking on the malting side, large supplies of malting barley continue to depress the ...More Info


Mercosur: Large malting barley imports necessary this year - experts

A recent report from Mercosur puts the combined barley crops of Argentina and Brazil at 1.7 mln tonnes, of which 600 – 650,000 good quality malting barley, industry sources reported earlier in May.

Needs of malting barley in the two countries are 1.5 mln tonnes, experts estimate.

Therefore the malting industries in both countries use a maximum of low grade barley, but large imports will be necessary as well.

Markets report 125 – 150,000 tons of EU barley sold to-date.

Uruguay reports malting barley receivals of 380,000 tons, which corresponds almost exactly to the maltsters’ demand.

Scientific Digest

A New Validation of Relevant Substances for the Evaluation of Beer Aging Depending on the Employed Boiling System

Markus Herrmann, Björn Klotzbücher, Michael Wurzbacher, Stefan Hanke, Udo Kattein, Werner Back, Thomas Becker and Martin Krottenthaler

J. Inst. Brew. 116(1), 41–48, 2010
ABSTRACT
During the last years changes in aging indicators have been observed, supposedly resulting from modern brewing technology. The Research Brewery Weihenstephan (Forschungsbrauerei Weihenstephan) offers excellent opportunities for comparing different modern wort boiling systems under semi-industrial conditions. Employing three different boiling systems, nine brews were produced. The resulting worts were compared regarding the most common wort parameters. Furthermore the influence of the different boiling systems on aging indicators in the resulting beers was analyzed using a newly developed mass spectrometry-based method. The decrease in the total amount of aging indicators in industrial beers over the last years is very likely the result of lower thermal intake in modern brewhouse equipment. The total amount of aging indicators is sufficient to describe the differences in modern boiling systems. In summary, 2-furfural dominates all other indicators in terms of thermal influence. 2-Furfuryl ethyl ether can be suggested as good indicator of aging as postulated by Eichhorn, whereas â-damascenone is questionable as an aging indicator. Supplementary experiments were carried out to investigate the role of the aging indicators as stale flavour components. Because of synergistic effects, many stale flavour compounds act as aroma compounds and not only as indicators. Key words: Aging indicators, beer flavour, boiling systems, brewhouse, synergistic effects, wort. Load full article, 8 pages, 482 kb , PDF file


Barley Prices
French Malting Barley Prices
EURO = USD 1.2396 May 21, 2010
 Crop year   2009   2010 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2009   July 2010 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  105.00  130.50  137.00  170.00 
2RS  Prestige  104.00  129.00  136.00  168.50 
2RS  Cellar  103.00  128.00  135.00  167.50 
2RS  Sebastien  102.00  126.50  134.00  166.50 
2RS  Tipple  102.00  126.50  134.00  166.50 
2RS  Henley  102.00  126.50  134.00  166.50 
6RW  Esterel   99.00  123.00  118.00  146.50 

Nominal French Feed Barley Prices
EURO = USD 1.2396 May 21, 2010
Crop year 2009
Parity FOB Creil
Position July 2009
Type EURO USD
Feed Barley 94.00 116.52
Canadian Barley Prices
USD = CAD 1.0598, May 21, 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 234.00 234.00
2-Row Malting Barley, Off Shore 230.00 230.00
2-Row Malting Barley, for USA 230.00 230.00
2-Row Malting Barley, for Mexico 230.00 230.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Domestic 222.00 222.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Off Shore * 215.00 215.00
6-Row Malting Barley, for USA 215.00 215.00
6-Row Malting Barley, for Mexico 215.00 215.00
Canadian Feed Barley Values, Basis Lethbridge non board Crop 2009 in C$/tCrop 2010 in C$/t
Feed Barley, Basis Lethbridge non board 150.00 nq
* rarely traded


US Barley Prices, Crop 2009
USD = EUR 0.8069, May 21, 2010
Malting Barley Pricesin US$/t
2-Row Malting Barley, Basis Great Falls, Montana 143.00
6-Row Malting Barley, Basis Minneapolis, Minnesota 161.00
Feed Barley Pricesin US$/t
Feed Barley Basis Great Falls, Montana 113.00
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 1.2396 May 21, 2010 
Crop year  2009 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  May 2010 - Sept 2010 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  287.00  355.50  318.00  394.00  310.50  384.50  324.50  402.50 
2RS  Prestige  285.50  354.00  316.50  392.50  309.00  383.00  323.50  400.50 
2RS  Cellar  284.50  352.50  315.50  391.00  308.00  381.50  322.00  399.50 
2RS  Sebastien  283.00  351.00  314.50  389.50  306.50  380.00  321.00  397.50 
2RS  Tipple  283.00  351.00  314.50  389.50  306.50  380.00  321.00  397.50 
2RS  Henley  283.00  351.00  314.50  389.50  306.50  380.00  321.00  397.50 
2RS   Average price  284.50  352.50  315.50  391.00  308.00  381.50  322.00  399.50 
6RW  Esterel   279.50  346.50  310.50  385.00  303.00  375.50  317.00  393.00 
Asia Malt 70/30  283.00  350.50  314.00  389.50  306.50  379.50  320.50  397.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  282.00  349.50  313.00  388.00  305.50  378.50  319.50  396.00 


EURO = USD 1.2396 May 21, 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  321.50  398.50  352.50  437.50  345.00  427.50  359.50  445.50 
2RS  Prestige  320.50  397.00  351.50  435.50  344.00  426.50  358.00  444.00 
2RS  Cellar  319.00  395.50  350.50  434.50  342.50  424.50  357.00  442.50 
2RS  Sebastien  318.00  394.00  349.00  432.50  341.50  423.00  355.50  441.00 
2RS  Tipple  318.00  394.00  349.00  432.50  341.50  423.00  355.50  441.00 
2RS  Henley  318.00  394.00  349.00  432.50  341.50  423.00  355.50  441.00 
2RS   Average price  319.00  395.50  350.50  434.50  342.50  424.50  357.00  442.50 
6RW  Esterel   298.50  369.50  329.50  408.50  321.50  398.50  336.00  416.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  313.00  387.50  344.00  426.50  336.50  417.00  350.50  434.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  308.50  382.50  340.00  421.50  332.00  411.50  346.50  429.50 

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 1.0598, May 21, 2010
Theoretical Canadian Malt Prices, Basis Export Position Crop 2009 in C$/tCrop 2010 in C$/t
2-Row Malt, Domestic 451.00 451.00
2-Row Malt, Off Shore 449.00 449.00
6-Row Malt, Domestic 431.00 431.00
6-Row Malt, Off Shore* 430.00 430.00
* rarely traded
Canadian malt and barley prices as well as US barley prices information provided by
Integrated Malt Barley Management Ltd IMBM
Table of the Week



EU Malt Exports

  Licence Fixations Export Shipments
(Adjusted)
Export Shipments
(To be adjusted)
(in tonnes) 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 July 01, 2009 -
Feb 28, 2010
France 357,498 323,305 225,642
Germany 352,420 241,245 137,452
Belgium 578,586 688,350 497,579
Bulgaria 2,860 804 333
U.K. 106,867 127,324 94,590
Finland 60,217 46,540 23,138
Denmark 99,380 54,942 32,380
Sweden 96,700 84,880 28,981
Netherlands 90,756 99,057 72,303
Ireland - - -
Italy 3,148 2,773 1,267
Austria 9,085 6,511 3,690
Spain - 19,058 6,004
Romania 500 - -
Portugal 476 1,028 867
Czech Republic 25,203 21,635 21,452
Poland 2,025 2,066 2
Hungary 2,638 13,099 13,055
Slovakia 16,645 16,796 9,542
Lithuania 1,855 1,038 2,254
Latvia - 347 110
Total EU 1,806,858 1,750,797 1,170,640

Total Roasted malt, tonnes
July 01, 2009 - February 28, 2010 28,185
Total 2008 - 2009 39,945
Total 2007 - 2008 28,177
Source: Eurostat
Graph of the Week


Source: USDA, May 2010

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