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E-Malt.com Flash 34a
August 17 - August 19, 2026
Quote of the Week
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
Pablo Picasso
Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro
on August 19, 2026 |
Base Currency: US Dollar
on August 19, 2026 |
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1 EUR = 1.1576 USD
1 EUR = 0.8552 GBP
1 EUR = 1.6068 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6306 AUD
1 EUR = 184.7610 JPY
1 EUR = 6.0267 BRL
1 EUR = 98.3741 RUB
1 EUR = 7.8035 CNY
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1 USD = 0.8638 EUR
1 USD = 0.7388 GBP
1 USD = 1.3881 CAD
1 USD = 1.4085 AUD
1 USD = 159.6050 JPY
1 USD = 5.2064 BRL
1 USD = 84.9836 RUB
1 USD = 6.7413 CNY
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Currency Rates Chart
Equities of the Largest Breweries
Average Market Prices Change Trend
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French Barley/Malt
Crop 2026
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
240.00-242.00 |  0.41% |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
218.00-220.00 |  1.86% |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
217.00-219.00 | 6.34% |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
584.00-586.00 | 0.21% |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
557.00-559.00 | 0.89% |
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2027
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
246.00-248.00 | 0.41% |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
224.00-226.00 | 1.35% |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
210.00-212.00 | 0.96% |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
591.50-593.50 | 0.21% |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
564.50-566.50 | 0.66% |
German Malting Barley
Crop 2025
Bulk
Ex Farm |
EUR/T |
% |
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South Korea: Lotte Chilsung Beverage’s beer business weakens sharply in H1
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Uruguay: Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production
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Australia: Barley crop forecast reduced by 0.2 mln tonnes
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Argentina: Barley crop forecast down as wet conditions dominate past month
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Japan & India: Suntory targets US$1 billion sales in India by 2030
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Australia: Malting barley exports show surprise jump in June
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Japan: Japan to cut excise tax on beer, raise tax on lower malt substitutes on October 1
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Kenya: Kenya's competition regulator seeks reserve fund in Diageo's EABL sale
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World: Diageo headcount down more than 6%, annual report says
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These Days in Business History
17 August
1802 - In one of history's greatest acts of inventive daring, Robert Fulton launches his new steamboat from the north shore of Manhattan
1998 - The Russian government devalues the ruble and declares a moratorium on paying its foreign debt, a de facto default that sends the global bond markets crashing, triggers the collapse of the giant U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management and sends shockwaves through the world's financial system
18 August
1868 - French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium
1904 - Max Factor Jr was born, CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
1937 - 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)
1952 - Patrick Swayze was born in Houston Texas, actor/dancer
1960 - 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
19 August
1888 - 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 year old West Indian wins
1897 - 1st electric taxi's drive in London
1946 - Bill Clinton was born, the 42nd US President. (Former Little Rock Attorney)
Agenda
August 2026:
21 - 22: Beervana 2026 (Wellington, New Zealand)
September 2026:
09 - 11: Brews & Spirits Expo 2026 (KTPO Convention Centre, Bengaluru, India)
12 - 13: Bruges Beer Festival 2026 (Bruges, Belgium)
19 - 04 October: Oktoberfest 2026 (Munich, Germany)
24 - 27: Mondial de la Biere 2026 (Montreal, Canada)
26 - 28: Whisky Live Paris 2026 (Paris, France)
October 2026:
08 - 10: The Great American Beer Festival 2026 (Denver, USA)
15 - 16: Salon du Brasseur 2026 (Parc Expo Nancy, France)
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
23 - 25: Cerveza Mexico Expo 2026 (Mexico City, Mexico)
28 - 30: Drinktec India 2026 (Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai, India)
28 - 30: Brussels Beer Challenge 2026 (Roeselare, Belgium)
28 - 29: Brew Asia 2026 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
31 - 03 November: Planete Biere Rennes 2026 (Rennes, France)
November 2026:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2026 (Nuremberg, Germany)
18 - 20: Drink Japan 2026 (Tokyo Bigh Sight, Japan)
23 - 25: 16th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (Panama)
January 2027:
22 - 24: Finest Spirits 2027 (Munich, Germany)
February 2027:
11 - 12: Glug Swiss 2027 (Alte Reithalle, Aarau, Switzerland)
12 - 15: HoReCa 2027 (Athens, Greece)
21 - 23: BBTech Expo 2027 (Rimini, Italy)
March 2027:
09 - 11: 111h International Brewing & Engineering Conference 2026 (Meschede, Germany)
17 - 18: BeerX 2027 (Liverpool, UK)
April 2027:
04 - 08: 17th Trends in Brewing 2027 (Ghent, Belgium)
05 - 07: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2027 (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
26 - 28: Craft Beer China 2027 (Shanghai, China)
27 - 29: 29th Annual International Beer and Cider Strategies 2027 (InterContinental Barcelona, Spain)
May 2027:
17 - 23: Budapest Beer Week 2027 (Budapest, Hungary)
28 - 29: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2027 (Tallinn, Estonia)
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EU: Malt exports running 25.9% below last year
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EU’s crop’26 malt shipping cycle is off to a slow start, running 25.9% below the year prior, RMI Analytics said in their early August
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Brewery News
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World: Spain topps the list of countries where people love beer the most
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Spain topped the ranking of countries where the largest share of the adult population regularly drinks beer. According to Statista Consumer Insight, 45% of
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China: China Resources Beer’s first-half net profit down 10.7%
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China Resources Beer saw its first-half net profit fall 10.7 percent year-on-year to 5.17 billion yuan (HK$5.98 billion) and cut its interim dividend by
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World: Carlsberg misses half-year profit and sales estimates
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Danish brewer Carlsberg missed half-year profit and sales estimates on August 19 as severe weather compounded weak demand in China, sending its shares down
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South Korea: Lotte Chilsung Beverage’s beer business weakens sharply in H1
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Lotte Chilsung Beverage’s beer business in South Korea weakened sharply in the first half of 2026, with domestic beer sales falling by 7.8 billion
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Uruguay: Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production
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Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), Uruguay's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would cut 80 of the 400 jobs at its Montevideo and Minas plants. The company keeps a second scenario on the table, which the parties involved regard as less likely: abandoning local production and operating as an importer, with a workforce reduced to around 100 employees, Mercopress reported n August 17.
The company, owned by Brazil's Ambev, itself part of Belgium's AB InBev, employs slightly more than 500 people. Founded in 1866 by the German Conrado Niding, it concentrates all of the country's industrial production under the Pilsen, Patricia, Norteña and Zillertal brands.
FNC attributes the review to a loss of competitiveness. “Brewing a beer in Uruguay costs twice as much as brewing it in Argentina or Brazil,” it said in a statement, attributing the difference to logistics, labour and tax costs. The company is not making losses: it closed 2025 with around 20 million dollars in profits, after five years with results ranging between 7 and 17 million.
The backdrop is a shift in the market. Imported beer, mainly cans from Brazil, accounted for 3% of Uruguayan consumption in 2010,
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Japan: Japan to cut excise tax on beer, raise tax on lower malt substitutes on October 1
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Japan will cut the excise tax on beer by 14.4% and raise the tax on its main lower-malt substitutes by 15.5% starting Oct. 1, a change that will erase a long-standing price advantage for beer-like drinks that were developed in part to avoid higher taxes, Vinetur reported on August 18.
The change will lower the tax on a 350 ml can of beer to 54.25 yen from 63.35 yen, a drop of 9.10 yen, according to Japan’s Ministry of Finance. Over the same period, the tax on happoshu and so-called third-category products, two Japanese beer alternatives made with less malt or other ingredients, will rise to the same 54.25 yen from 46.99 yen, an increase of 7.26 yen.
The result is a structural shift in one of the world’s most distinctive beer markets. The 16.36-yen tax gap that has separated standard beer from cheaper substitutes will disappear, removing the main fiscal incentive that supported those categories for decades.
The figures were highlighted in an Aug. 14 analysis by HotelBank, which reviewed the final stage of Japan’s multi-year alcohol tax revision using official tax tables from the finance ministry. The reform itself is not new. It was approved years ago and has been phased
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Kenya: Kenya's competition regulator seeks reserve fund in Diageo's EABL sale
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Kenya’s competition regulator has proposed that East African Breweries Ltd. set aside up to 15 billion Kenyan shillings ($115 million) in reserve funds before approving Diageo’s planned sale of its majority stake in the brewer to Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings, Business Insider Africa reported on August 18.
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) wants the reserve to cover potential liabilities and third-party claims linked to EABL, according to Kenya’s Business Daily. The proposed condition has added another hurdle to a transaction that has already faced legal challenges.
Diageo, however, has rejected the proposal, saying there is “no basis whatsoever” for the conditions.
Diageo agreed in December 2025 to sell its 65% stake in EABL to Asahi for about $2.3 billion, valuing the East African brewer at roughly $4.8 billion, according to a Reuters report. The transaction would mark Asahi’s major expansion into Africa and Diageo’s exit from direct ownership of EABL.
EABL is one of East Africa’s largest consumer-goods companies, with operations spanning Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Its portfolio includes brands such as Tusker and Guinness.
The brewer reported KSh128.8 billion ($1 billion) in revenue for the financial year ended June 2025, up 4% from the previous year, while profit after tax rose 12% to
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World: Diageo headcount down more than 6%, annual report says
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Diageo's total headcount fell more than 6% year-on-year by the end of June, its annual report showed, as the world's top spirits maker embarks on a restructuring under new CEO Dave Lewis, Reuters reported on August 18.
The company reported an average of 27,938 employees on a full-time equivalent basis, excluding staff of associates and joint ventures at the end of fiscal 2026, down from 29,860 in the previous year.
Most of the reductions across its regional markets are expected to be completed by September 1, implying that the final number of impacted staff could be higher.
Diageo declined to comment on Reuters' request seeking details about the job cuts.
Lewis, nicknamed "Drastic Dave" for his history of cost-cutting at Tesco and Unilever, had said the changes in headcount were focused on global back-office functions and areas of "massive duplication". He has been leading Diageo since January.
As part of a $1 billion savings plan, Diageo intends to lower prices on some brands and expand in fast-growing categories, including Guinness and canned cocktails.
In July, Reuters reported that some Diageo teams were cutting around 20% to 30% of their staff as part of deep reductions in overhead.
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Ghana: Accra Brewery calls for delay in beer excise duty hike
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Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has called on the government to defer the implementation of proposed increases in excise duties on locally manufactured beer, warning that the new rates could have far-reaching consequences for manufacturers, consumers, farmers, employment and investment, Modern Ghana reported on August 16.
ABL says postponing the implementation would provide government and industry stakeholders with more time to engage and find a tax framework that supports revenue mobilisation without undermining local production and economic growth.
The appeal was made by ABL Country Director, Thatokuhle Hlongwa, at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Second Quarter Business Barometer and Corporate Forum in Accra, which brought together government officials, business executives and other stakeholders to assess Ghana's business environment.
Under the newly approved reforms, the excise duty on locally manufactured beer is expected to increase from 32.5 per cent to 40 per cent, while the rate on beer produced with high levels of local raw materials, including cassava-based beer, will rise sharply from 10 per cent to 25 per cent.
The excise duty on imported beer, meanwhile, will remain at 47.5 per cent.
Mr Hlongwa cautioned that changes in excise taxation should not be viewed solely in terms of the immediate revenue they could generate for
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Barley News
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Australia: Barley crop forecast reduced by 0.2 mln tonnes
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A blend of warmer temperatures and rainfall in several vital barley regions has set Australia’s barley crop 2026 on a positive trajectory. However, conditions
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Argentina: Barley crop forecast down as wet conditions dominate past month
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Wet conditions dominated the past month, resulting in a decrease of the overall barley acreage in Argentina as the planting window closed in July.
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Australia: Malting barley exports show surprise jump in June
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Australia exported 859,475 tonnes of barley and 231,046t of sorghum in June, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The figures bringing totals for the first three quarters of the shipping year, which commences October 1, to 1.97 million tonnes for malting barley, 7.74Mt for feed barley, and 1.68Mt for sorghum.
On feed barley, the June total of 615,236t was down 6 percent from the May total of 654,617t, with China on 523,234t the destination for 85pc of it, and Thailand on 57,300t and Japan on 24,719t the second and third-biggest markets respectively.
June malting barley exports on 244,239t showed a surprise jump of 44pc from the May figure of 170,234t, with China the home for 90pc of it, followed by South Korea on 12,880t, and Singapore on 3512t.
Sorghum exports fell 44pc in June from their May total of 408,945t, with China the market for 96pc, or 222,661t, of the total, with Taiwan on 5010t and The Philippines on 3205t the second and third-biggest markets.
McDonald Pelz senior broker Sam Roache said June barley exports continued to impress, showing marginal improvement on May numbers, but well below April volumes.
“The drop-off is very well expected, with less available stocks, combined with
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Whisky News
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Japan & India: Suntory targets US$1 billion sales in India by 2030
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Suntory Global Spirits is targeting US$1 billion in annual sales in India by 2030 as it expands its presence in the world’s largest whisky market by volume. The strategy will combine locally produced Oaksmith whisky with imported brands including Jim Beam, Hibiki and Toki, The Spirits Business reported on August 19.
That would see India eclipse Europe, including the UK, as its third-largest market after the US and Japan. Last year sales in the subcontinent totalled approximately US$150 million.
The huge drive in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies will be based on its locally produced Oaksmith whisky brand supported by imported labels such as Jim Beam bourbon.
Suntory’s strategy is two-pronged, and unlike some competitors, it will not largely focus on premiumisation of expensive single malts or imported labels.
The biggest volume increases are planned to come in the mass and mid-premium Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) segments based on the locally produced Oaksmith, which will sell about two million cases this year.
The higher-priced market segments favoured by urban consumers will be met more by higher-margin imported brands such as Jim Beam bourbon and Japanese whiskies such as Hibiki and Toki.
India is the world’s largest whisky market by volume and Suntory’s drive further
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