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Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 14-August-2008

1 EUR = 1.4915 USD
1 EUR = 0.7906 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5896 CAD
1 EUR = 1.7158 AUD
1 EUR = 162.504 JPY
1 EUR = 2.4239 BRL
1 EUR = 36.125 RUB
1 EUR = 10.2438 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 14-August-2008

1 USD = 0.6705 EUR
1 USD = 0.5301 GBP
1 USD = 1.0658 CAD
1 USD = 1.1504 AUD
1 USD = 108.957 JPY
1 USD = 1.6252 BRL
1 USD = 24.2212 RUB
1 USD = 6.8683 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries

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Average Market Prices Change trend

August 14, 2008

Type Crop 2007 Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley nq EUR189.0-191.0 EUR191.0-193.0
6rw Barley nq EUR173.0-175.0 EUR177.0-179.0
2rs Malt EUR536.5-538.5 EUR430.5-432.5 EUR423.5-425.5
6rw Malt EUR503.5-505.5 EUR409.5-411.5 EUR405.0-407.0
Feed Barley nq   EUR154.0-156.0 0.65% 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

Belgium: InBev reports normalized EBITDA up by 4.7% in Q2 2008 and by 2.9% in H1 2008 ...Click here
Philippines: San Miguel posts H1 triple net profit and is criticised for moving into heavy industry ...Click here
Japan: Beer shipments rise by 3.4% after four months of decline ...Click here
Brazil: AmBev posts a 10.4% decline in earnings for Q2 2008 ...Click here
Ukraine: SABMiller will have to spend more to improve Sarmat’s market share, competitors say ...Click here
China: Yanjing Brewery aimed at 8 mln tons annual beer output ...Click here
Ukraine: Beer output forecasted to fall by 5.6% this year ...Click here
Australia: CHAMP Private Equity to sell malt producer United Malt worth up to A$700 million ...Click here
France: Malteries Franco-Belges increases turnover by 12.43% in 2007/2008 ...Click here
France: Malting barley prices on the decline, feed barley prices change insignificantly on the French market ...Click here
EU: Barley crop to be 62.5 – 63.0 mln tons, or even better ...Click here
Germany: Winter and spring malting barley yields well despite negative preconditions ...Click here
Czech Republic: A better harvest of 5,950 tonnes of hops is expected this year after the previous two weaker years ...Click here




Ireland: Diageo rejects IFA criticism by saying it plays no role in negotiating the price of malting barley ...More Info
Romania: United Romanian Breweries report sales growth of 15% for H1 2008 ...More Info
Sweden: July heat boosts beer sales ...More Info
Australia: Growers to guard quality, reputation, and value of barley through a special project ...More Info
Ukraine: Beer prices go up by record 19% ...More Info
Australia: ABB announces National Pool in barley 2008 ...More Info
Belarus: Baltika H1 beer sales up 31% in Belarus ...More Info
Latvia: Baltika’s Latvian sales 21% more in H1 2008 ...More Info
Russia & Ukraine: Russia to harvest 18 mln tons of good-quality malting barley, Ukraine to surpass the estimated 10.0 – 10.5 mln tons ...More Info
Estonia: Veli Pekka Tennilä replaces Ireneusz Piotr Smaga as chairman of the management board and CEO at Saku Õlletehas ...More Info
Russia: Baltika Breweries announces a new Board of Directors influenced by changes in shareholders structure ...More Info
Japan: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture invites bids for 100,000 tonnes of feed barley ...More Info
USA: Boston Beer holdings reduced by Texas Permanent School Fund and increased by Ubs Ag ...More Info
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Brewery News

Belgium: InBev reports normalized EBITDA up by 4.7% in Q2 2008 and by 2.9% in H1 2008
InBev, the world’s leading brewer, announced results for the second quarter and half year of 2008 (HY08) on its official site on August 14.

Volume ...More Info

Philippines: San Miguel posts H1 triple net profit and is criticised for moving into heavy industry
San Miguel Corp, Southeast Asia's largest food and drinks group, said its net profit tripled in the first half, boosted mainly by gains from ...More Info

Japan: Beer shipments rise by 3.4% after four months of decline
Beer and quasi-beer shipments in Japan rose 9.6 pct from a year before to 52,346,000 cases in July, increasing for the first time in ...More Info

Brazil: AmBev posts a 10.4% decline in earnings for Q2 2008
AmBev, or Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, reported a 10.4% decline in its second-quarter earnings, hurt by higher expenses from provision for contingencies, losses ...More Info

Ukraine: SABMiller will have to spend more to improve Sarmat’s market share, competitors say
SABMiller, the new owner of Sarmat Brewery, granted the Ukrainian company a credit of US$100 mln for a term of 5 years at a ...More Info

China: Yanjing Brewery aimed at 8 mln tons annual beer output
Beijing Yanjing Brewery, one of the largest beer groups in China, is on track to expand its presence in the market, targeting at an ...More Info

Ukraine: Beer output forecasted to fall by 5.6% this year
The Ukrpivo Association uniting about 80% of Ukrainian brewers forecasts the production of beer to fall by 5.6% - to 34 mln hl in ...More Info

Malt News

Australia: CHAMP Private Equity to sell malt producer United Malt worth up to A$700 million
Australian buyout firm CHAMP Private Equity is planning to sell malt producer United Malt Holding (UMH), the Australian Financial Review published on August 13.

CHAMP ...More Info

France: Malteries Franco-Belges increases turnover by 12.43% in 2007/2008
Malteries Franco-Belges, France’s first producer of malt, posted a turnover of €90.34 mln for the period July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008, Le ...More Info

Barley News

France: Malting barley prices on the decline, feed barley prices change insignificantly on the French market
Prices for feed barley have shown few changes on the French market this week, whereas malting barley prices are dropping, La Dépêche posted on ...More Info

EU: Barley crop to be 62.5 – 63.0 mln tons, or even better
The EU barley crop is estimated to amount to 62.5 – 63.0 mln tons as compared to 57.5 mln tons a year ago. The ...More Info

Germany: Winter and spring malting barley yields well despite negative preconditions

Industry and trade had been very reserved about crop prospects in Germany, planting had been late, weather had not been ideal, and fields looked thin. However, winter barley results are reported to be good.

This year the supply of domestic two-row winter malting barley may reach 150,000 tons. Unexpectedly, yields and grain size of spring barley harvested in the southwest and south of the Danube were good as well, albeit with variable protein contents from 10 to 13 %.

It is now estimated that the barley crop in the North and East will also be better than forecast, although some quantities will be down-graded to feed barley because of high protein.

Altogether Germany expects deliveries of 1.6 mln tons of spring plus 150,000 tons of winter malting barley, cutting down the import deficit to 700,000 tons.


Hops News

Czech Republic: A better harvest of 5,950 tonnes of hops is expected this year after the previous two weaker years

Czech hop growers expect a better harvest this year after the previous two weaker years, Bohumil Pazler, chairman of the Czech Hop Growers Association, was quoted as saying by ČTK on August 8.

Last year's hop harvest amounted to 5,630 tonnes, and this year around 5.950 tonnes of hops may be harvested, he said.

Hops are grown on 5.345 ha this year. Growers expect a per ha yield of 1.08 to 1.1 tonnes on average, against last year's 1.04 tonnes.

Hop prices are expected to grow by 15 to 20 percent year-on-year. Farmers want a minimum of Kc180.000 to Kc200.000 a tonne to cover their input costs and eliminate the strong crown effects.

Around 80 percent of the hop harvest is exported.

The hop fields rank the Czech Republic third after Germany and the USA. Hops were grown on 51.000 ha in the world last year.

Scientific Digest

Isolation and Identification of Potential Beer-Spoilage Pediococcus inopinatus and Beer-Spoilage Lactobacillus backi Strains Carrying the horA and horC Gene Clusters

Kazumaru Iijima, Koji Suzuki, Shizuka Asano, Hidetoshi Kuriyama and Yasushi Kitagawa

Abstract

J. Inst. Brew. 113(1), 96–101, 2007 Four beer-spoilage strains, LA20, LA21, LA22 and LA23, were isolated from brewery environments. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, LA20 was identified as Pediococcus inopinatus and the remaining three were identified as Lactobacillus backi. The homologs of horA and horC, the hop resistance genes originally identified in L. brevis ABBC45, were detected simultaneously in LA22 and LA23, while only a horA homolog and a horC homolog were found in LA20 and LA21 respectively. The 5.6 kb DNA regions containing the horA homolog in LA20 and LA22 were almost 99% identical with the corresponding region of ABBC45. Similarly the 8.2 kb regions containing the horC homolog in LA21 and LA22 were more than 99% identical with that of ABBC45. Interestingly the horA-containing 5.6 kb regions in LA20 and LA22 were found to be completely identical despite the distinct genus status. Coupled with the fact that LA20 and LA22 were isolated from the same sampling site, these results, taken collectively, reinforce our hypothesis that horA and horC genes were acquired by beer-spoilage species through horizontal gene transfer and confirm the usefulness of horA and horC as genetic markers for the species-independent determination of beer-spoilage ability in lactic acid bacteria. Key words: Beer-spoilage ability, hop resistance gene, horA, horC, horizontal gene transfer, Lactobacillus backi, Pediococcus inopinatus Load full article, 6 pages, 145 Kb, PDF file

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Theoretical malt prices (Crop 2007, Crop 2008, Crop 2009).


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

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