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Base Currency: Euro
on February 26, 2020
Base Currency: US Dollar
on February 26, 2020
      1 EUR = 1.0860 USD
1 EUR = 0.8372 GBP
1 EUR = 1.4428 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6442 AUD
1 EUR = 119.9800 JPY
1 EUR = 4.7637 BRL
1 EUR = 70.8169 RUB
1 EUR = 7.6382 CNY
      1 USD = 0.9207 EUR
1 USD = 0.7709 GBP
1 USD = 1.3286 CAD
1 USD = 1.5139 AUD
1 USD = 110.4800 JPY
1 USD = 4.3866 BRL
1 USD = 65.2115 RUB
1 USD = 7.0336 CNY


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February 26, 2020
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2019
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 160.50-162.50 -
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 161.00-163.00 up0.62%
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) 159.00-161.00down1.23%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 354.00-356.00 -
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 354.50-356.50 up0.35%
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2020
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 172.50-174.50 down0.57%
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 172.00-174.00 up0.58%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 366.50-368.50 down0.33%
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 366.00-368.00 up0.34%
German Malting Barley
Crop 2019
Bulk
Ex Farm
EUR/T %
Average Malting Barley Price nq  
Danish Malting Barley
Crop 2019
Free on truck
Ex Farm
DKK/T %
Malting Barley (East) 1,174.00-1,176.00 -
Malting Barley (West) 1,214.00-1,216.00 -
-No change; upPrice increase; downPrice decrease versus last publication.

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Top Industry News


Malt news Australia: Retaining 10% share in spun off malt business to help GrainCorp’s balance sheet ...Click here

Brewery news Malaysia: Heineken Malaysia’s 2019 net profit up 10.8% ...Click here
Brewery news Nigeria: Nigerian Breweries battling for survival ...Click here
Brewery news Nigeria: Guinness Nigeria Plc sees unfavourable business environment eating dip into its profit ...Click here

Barley news EU: Barley production forecast to total 54.064 mln tonnes in 2020 ...Click here

Whisky news Asia: Spread of coronavirus could impact 2020 profit - Diageo ...Click here


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Barley news India: Beer and other drinks could get cheaper thanks to India relaxing import norms for Australian malting barley ...Click here
Brewery news Malaysia: Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia to continue to defend its case on bill of excise duty payment ...Click here
Brewery news USA: Craft Brew Alliance shareholders approve proposed agreement with AB InBev ...Click here
Brewery news India: Carlsberg facing several allegations of corruption, fraud and other potential illegal practices in India ...Click here

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These Days in Business History


24 February
1921 - 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time
1986 - Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
1995 - Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74

25 February
1791 - 1st Bank of U.S. chartered
1837 - 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1862 - Paper currency introduced in U.S. by President Abraham Lincoln

26 February
1848 - 2nd French Republic proclaimed
1907 - Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
1993 - World Trade Center bombing
1995 - Barings Bank, one of the oldest and most distinguished investment banks in the world, declares bankruptcy

Agenda

March 2020:
09 - 11: 107 Brewing and Engineering Conference 2020 (Leipzig, Germany)
11 - 12: BeerX 2020 (Liverpool, UK)
11 - 15: Festival Brasileiro da Cerveja 2020 (Blumenau, Brazil)
13 - 15: Barcelona Beer Festival 2020 (Barcelona, Spain)
16 - 20: IBD Asia Pacific Convention 2020 (Perth, Australia)
19 - 21: Korea International Beer Expo 2020 (Seoul, South Korea)
24 - 26: Modern Brewing Technologies 2020 (Moscow, Russia)
24 - 26: Beviale Moscow 2020 (Moscow, Russia)

April 2020:
01 - 02: Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2020 (Expo Guadalajara, Mexico)
03 - 04: Helsinki Beer Festival 2020 (Helsinki, Finland)
05 - 08: 14th International Trends in Brewing "Beer & Society" 2020 (Leuven, Belgium)
16 - 18: Zurich Bier Festival 2020 (Zurich, Switzerland)
19 - 22: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2020 (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
24 - 06 July: Copa Cervezas de America 2020 (registration: 24 Apr-6 Jul) (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
25 - 26: Zythos Beer Festival 2020 (Leuven, Belgium)

May 2020:
01 - 02: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2020 (Tallinn, Estonia)
05 - 07: International Beer Strategies Conference 2020 (Munich, Germany)
13 - 15: Craft Beer China 2020 (Shanghai, China)
14 - 16: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2020 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
15 - 17: Mondial de la Biere - Paris 2020 (Paris, France)
18 - 24: Budapest Beer Week 2020 (Budapest, Hungary)
19 - 21: Beer 2020 (Sochi, Russia)
21 - 24: Mondial de la Biere 2020 (Montreal, Canada)
22 - 30: Latvia Beer Festival 2020 (Riga, Latvia)
25 - 27: Africa Brewing Conference 2020 (Maputo, Mozambique)

June 2020:
03 - 04: The Brewers of Europe Forum 2020 (Antwerp, Belgium)
04 - 07: Mondial de la Biere - Sao Paulo 2020 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
04 - 07: Wiener Bierfest 2020 (Vienna, Austria)
09 - 12: Aro Rojo International Beer Cup 2020 (Tampico, Mexico)

July 2020:
01 - 02: Craft Drinks India 2020 (Bangalore, India)
29 - 31: Beviale Mexico 2020 (Guadalajara, Mexico)

August 2020:
01 - 04: World Brewing Congress 2020 (Minneapolis, USA)
07 - 08: Beervana 2020 (Wellington, New Zealand)
13 - 15: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - VIETNAM 2020 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

September 2020:
02 - 05: Expo Trade, Brewers Conference & Mar del Plata Beer Week 2020 (Mar del Plata Argentina)
03 - 07: Mondial de la Biere Rio 2020 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
05 - 05: Copa Cervezas de America 2020 (Award Ceremony) (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
14 - 25: Craft Brewing in Practice 2020 (Berlin, Germany)
19 - 04 October: Oktoberfest 2020 (Munich, Germany)
21 - 23: 11th Ibero-American VLB Symposium 2020 (Barcelona, Spain)

October 2020:
13 - 16: China Brew & China Beverage (CBB) 2020 (Shanghai, China)
29 - 30: Sea Brew 2020 (Taipei, Taiwan)

November 2020:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2020 (Nuremberg, Germany)
25 - 27: Drink Japan 2020 (Tokyo, Japan)

December 2020:
09 - 11: Drink Technology India 2020 (Mumbai, India)

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MaltMalt News Malt


Malt newsAustralia: Retaining 10% share in spun off malt business to help GrainCorp’s balance sheet
The booming global craft beer market promises to continue offering drought-battered GrainCorp some future financial security, despite the company's impeding split from its profitable ...More info on site



BreweryBrewery News Brewery


Brewery newsMalaysia: Heineken Malaysia’s 2019 net profit up 10.8%
Heineken Malaysia Bhd’s net profit declined by 8.9% to RM91.17 million in its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2019 from RM100 million reported in ...More info on site


Brewery news Nigeria: Nigerian Breweries battling for survival
Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc is arguably the country’s largest brewing company with a market capitalization approximating N472 billion about ($1.31 billion) as of December 31, 2019. The figure makes the company, which is listed on the floor of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 1973, one of the highly capitalized companies on the bourse by market capitalization. But the last time the multi-billion naira company recorded a growth in its business was in 2017. Bamidele Famoofo reports that the company has recorded a declining performance beginning from 2017, with key performance ratios suggesting that the management team must quickly go back to the drawing board to come up with strategies that will put a stop to its declining fortunes.

Nigerian Breweries Plc was incorporated some 73 years ago in Nigeria. It recorded a landmark when the first bottle of Star lager beer, its leading brand, rolled out of its Lagos brewery bottling lines three years after its incorporation in 1946.

Over the years, the company whose head office is located in Lagos has expanded its operating base to about nine brewing locations across the country by means of inorganic growth.

In 1993, the company acquired its fifth brewery in Enugu and in 2003, ...More info on site


Brewery news Nigeria: Guinness Nigeria Plc sees unfavourable business environment eating dip into its profit
The management and investors of Guinness Nigeria Plc are currently not smiling and that is connected to some factors that have eaten deep into the profit of the company. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the firm, Baker Magunda in Lagos, Nairametrics reported on February 21.

A far as the Guinness boss is concerned, Nigeria’s business environment has not been favourable for his company and provoking to the ease of doing business in the country.

Listing issues that have eaten deep into the company’s profit, Magunda outlined port congestion, tax reforms and decline in alcohol pricing. According to him, they have been affecting the operations of Guinness Nigeria and that the company has been burning cash to transport its products across the nation.

He added that the company is also struggling with government policies like the increased excise duties on beer and stouts, which was rose to N0.30 kobo per centilitre (Cl) in 2018 and N0.35 kobo per Cl each in 2019 and 2020.

Also, President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration had increased VAT rate from 5% to 7.5%, as well as implementing other tax reforms that have caused inflation pressure.

The upward review of the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco was ...More info on site


Brewery news Malaysia: Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia to continue to defend its case on bill of excise duty payment
Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd will continue to defend its case on the bill of payment for excise duties after the Customs cancelled its bill of demand claiming for sales tax and penalty totalling RM20.64 million effective Jan 15, 2020, The Sun Daily reported on February 23.

“They (Customs) still expect us to pay the remaining RM36 million excise part but we hold our position that we have a strong case and we’re going to keep arguing our case. That doesn’t change,” Carlsberg managing director Stefano Clini told a media and analyst briefing on February 21 after announcing its financial results for the year ended Dec 31, 2019 (FY19).

“We’re not making provisions or payments because we believe we’ve a strong case,” emphasised Clini, adding that the company will defend its case strongly.

To recap, Carlsberg was slapped with excise duty, sales tax and penalty claims amounting to RM56.34 million in September 2014.

Operationally, the group has adopted a cautious outlook for this financial year ending Dec 31, 2020 following the Covid-19 outbreak.

“If it wasn’t for the coronavirus, we’d be moderately optimistic for the year,” said Clini.

Clini said the company does not expect the stimulus package to be introduced on Thursday to have a direct ...More info on site


Brewery news USA: Craft Brew Alliance shareholders approve proposed agreement with AB InBev
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. ("CBA"), a leading craft brewing company, announced that its shareholders voted at a special meeting of shareholders on February 25 to adopt the agreement, announced November 11, 2019, that will create an expanded partnership between CBA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, with AB InBev agreeing to purchase the remaining CBA shares it does not already own in a merger transaction for $16.50 per share, in cash.

"On behalf of CBA’s Board of Directors and executive team, I would like to thank our shareholders for their overwhelming support of this proposed combination with A-B," said David Lord, Chairman of Craft Brew Alliance. "In addition to delivering value for our shareholders, today’s outcome reflects the tremendous success that CBA and A-B have achieved in their decades-long partnership. By joining with A-B, we look forward to accelerating the potential of CBA’s distinctive portfolio, led by Kona Brewing Company as a truly distinctive lifestyle brand, while continuing to invest in our local communities."

"Today’s decisively positive shareholder vote brings us even closer to cementing our expanded partnership with A-B," added CBA Chief Executive Officer Andy Thomas. "For more than 25 years, our two companies have been working together to enrich the beer landscape ...More info on site


Brewery news India: Carlsberg facing several allegations of corruption, fraud and other potential illegal practices in India
Danish brewer Carlsberg is facing several allegations of corruption, fraud and other potential illegal practices in its Indian subsidiary.

The allegations are disclosed in the latest annual report from Carlsberg India Private Limited, according to Danish newspaper Berlingske.

In October of last year, the newspaper uncovered how senior staff members at one of Carlsberg’s breweries in India had systematically bribed government officials.

With the new accusations and claims disclosed in the financial statements, the number of allegations facing Carlsberg India has grown significantly, experts said.

According to Per Nikolaj Bukh, professor of business administration at Aalborg University in Denmark, the new information shows that the issues in Carlsberg India seem far more extensive than initially assumed.

“This is a red flag, which the headquarters in Copenhagen has to react to,” Per Nikolaj Bukh said to Berlingske.

An internal review of “alleged fraud” has observed “payments without adequate supporting evidence” which “indicated weaknesses in the internal controls”, according to the annual financial statement.

In another case, misappropriation of approximately 150,000 dollars was committed by a former employee, which Carlsberg has now reported to the local police.

In a third case, which is still being investigated, a whistleblower warned against potentially unlawful practices committed by employees in the form of ...More info on site



BarleyBarley News Barley


Barley newsEU: Barley production forecast to total 54.064 mln tonnes in 2020
The latest report by Coceral published in January forecasts the EU-27 barley production in 2020 at 54.064 mln tonnes vs. 54.58 mln tonnes in ...More info on site


Barley news India: Beer and other drinks could get cheaper thanks to India relaxing import norms for Australian malting barley
Beer, whisky and flavoured alcoholic beverages could get cheaper this summer, with India relaxing import norms for malting barley from Australia, allowing more of it to enter the country, ThePint reported on February 24.

In December, India notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of new import conditions for Australian malting barley that will allow the import of the product even with phosphine fumigation. Before this, any import in India required all fumigation to be methyl bromide-based. However, this process is not suitable for malting barley, because it denatures the seed and impacts the malting process.

Denaturing is a process which takes away or alters the natural or molecular qualities of barley, thereby making it unfit for drinking.

“This relaxation was quite necessary as there is a huge gap in demand and supply of malt barley in India,” Pradeep Verma, adviser and techno-commercial associate at Weyermann Malts told ThePrint. “Eighty per cent of the barley production in India goes to livestock fodder diet. The import of malt barley from Australia will certainly comfort the breweries industry, which was struggling through a shortfall in demand and supply.”

A senior agriculture ministry official, who did not want to be named, said India is looking to import at ...More info on site



WhiskyWhisky News Whisky


Whisky news Asia: Spread of coronavirus could impact 2020 profit - Diageo
Diageo, the world’s biggest spirits company, said on February 26 the spread of coronavirus in greater China and the Asia Pacific region could knock up to 200 million pounds off its profit in 2020.

The company said that in China, bars and restaurants have largely been closed and there has been a substantial reduction in banqueting. Trading has been significantly disrupted since the end of January and the group expects this to last at least into March.

After that Diageo anticipates a gradual improvement with consumption returning to normal levels towards the end of fiscal 2020.

The company estimated the negative impact of the virus outbreak on the group’s organic net sales and organic operating profit to be between 225-325 million pounds and 140-200 million pounds respectively.

It cautioned that these ranges exclude any impact of coronavirus on its other markets beyond China and Asia Pacific.

Shares in Diageo were down 2.3% at 0846 GMT.

When the group published first half results on Jan. 30, it had commented on the expectation of an impact from coronavirus but was not able to quantify it at the time.

Rival Remy Cointreau warned last month of the potential impact on demand for its premium cognac in China, while Pernod Ricard ...More info on site


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