If you want to see the web version you may click here or access http://www.e-malt.com/mcommon/newsletter49b_2004.htm

Newsletter Summary

Currency rates
Brewery news
Malt news
Barley news
More news
Theoretical malt prices
Malting barley prices
Malting barley price evolution
Table of the week
Graph of the week
Agenda
Do you know e-malt.com?


Average market prices Change trend

Friday, 3 December 2004
Crop 2004
2rs Barley €109.0     
6rw Barley €101.0     
2rs Malt €238.5     
6rw Malt €228.5     
Crop 2005
2rs Barley €119.5     
6rw Barley €105.0     
2rs Malt €250.0     
6rw Malt €232.5     

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 market prices are estimated on FOB Antwerp basis.
The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices.
Arrows indicate the direction of the change.


Easy E-malt.com



E-malt.com access

User name

Password



Do you know
E-malt.com ?

Dear E-malt Reader!

E-malt.com Newsletters Archive could be found directly on e-malt.com site. Browsing through our Newsletters' Archive you may see all the issues you have missed. To this purpose you just have to login e-malt.com and click on Newsletters link in the menu. Reading our Newsletters you will be kept informed with the latest news and events regarding malting and beer world. You may also submit your own news, events or other information to the address info@e-malt.com!

Updated figures related to USA barley and malt trade with Mexico and Canada could be seen in NAFTA section of e-malt.com menu. To this purpose please enter e-malt.com!

You may find updated malt, barley and beer statistics on e-malt.com Statistics section. Just enter e-malt.com! Here you will find all tables issued with e-malt.com newsletters.

E-malt.com Agenda gives the possibility to keep you informed about the Events planned to be held in the whole world related to the brewing and malting industries. To this purpose you just have to login e-malt.com and click on Agenda link in the menu. Reading our Event Agenda you will find out about the future symposia, conferences and festivals related to malting and beer world. You may also submit your own events to the address info@e-malt.com

E-malt.com has Trading Online system. The system is to be used for malt/barley trading. One can register a malt/barley offer or a malt/barley request. The registering person could be as a seller/buyer or as an agent for seller/buyer. The User can see information about all active malt/barley offers & requests. If needed the system allows user to buy/sell malt/barley due to reasonable offers/requests. The way to do this is to confirm reasonable transaction. Trading Online rules are available through the Internet in the Trading Online as well as Tutorial (useful for persons who starts the system usage). To visit the E-malt Trading Online first go to the E-malt.com site, then click Trading Online link in the left menu of the e-malt.com home page. For more details please contact info@e-malt.com

Thank You!


E-malt.com Links!

  • Industry news
  • Market prices
  • EU Regulations
  • NAFTA
  • Specifications
  • Special malts
  • Professional Help
  • Trading online
  • Costing online
  • Statistics
  • Graphs
  • NewsLetters
  • Agenda
  • Accounts
  • Log In
  • Contact us

Other e-malt.com newsletters

Last five newsletters

See this Newsletter!
Newsletter 49a, 2004

See this Newsletter!
Newsletter 48b, 2004

See this Newsletter!
Newsletter 48a, 2004

See this Newsletter!
Newsletter 47b, 2004

See this Newsletter!
Newsletter 47a, 2004



Market price evolutions

The evolution of market prices for barley and malt, which are periodicaly issued with e-malt.com newsletters are published on e-malt.com site in Market Prices section. Just click here!
Available market price evolutions

See this Evolution!
Malt Market Price Evolution. Crop 2004

See this Evolution!
French Malting Barley Price Evolution. Crop 2004

See this Evolution!
Malt Market Price Evolution. Crop 2003

See this Evolution!
French Malting Barley Price Evolution. Crop 2003


E-malt.com graphs

All graphs issued with e-malt.com newsletters are published in "Graph" section of e-malt.com site.
Last five graphs

Open this Graph!
World Barley Exports in 2003/2004

Open this Graph!
South Korea beer production

Open this Graph!
Russia malt production and demand

Open this Graph!
World beer production by region in 2003

Open this Graph!
Australia beer production



The graphs are updated from time to time. Just see the updates online on e-malt.com site!
Last updated graphs

Open this Graph!
EU malt production capacity

Open this Graph!
U.S.A. Barley Production

Open this Graph!
United States Beer Exports

Open this Graph!
Canada Domestic and Imported Beer Sales

Open this Graph!
Canada's per capita consumption of beer


E-malt.com Tables

We have the pleasure to let you know that all e-malt.com tables are published in e-malt.com Statistics section. The Statistics section includes Barley statistics, Malt statistics and Beer statistics. The tables related to barley are published in Barley Statistics section, the tables related to malt in Malt Statistics section and the tables related to beer in Beer Statisctis section.
Last five tables
search in statistics

Open this Table!
Malt production 2003/2004 in major EU countries

Open this Table!
World Barley Malt Trade

Open this Table!
EU malt export licence fixations

Open this Table!
Australian Barley Supply and Disposal 2001-2005

Open this Table!
World Malting Barley Balance



Note

If you have any comments, questions, suggestions or remarks, you can send a mail to: info@e-malt.com. To submit your own news to our editorial team, email to: info@e-malt.com


If you have received this newsletter from a colleague, you can obtain your own free subscription here, or a full FREE registration here.


You may recommend our site to your friend by clicking here


If you do not wish to receive our newsletter, please unsubscribe your e-mail address () from our mailing list using unsubscribe form from our site!

E-malt.com Newsletter 49b
December 02 - December 05, 2004

             You are part of the 17.000 professional readers from 162 countries who receives our free bi-weekly E-malt Newsletters published since 3 years. You looked pleased in getting them as we have registered something like 1.000.000 readings.
             To keep this high level of informative reservoir in both brewing and malting industries and in order to continue to improve it we have to request for a small contribution to get a Full Bi-weekly Newsletter.
             Many of other readers have responded positively and doing so giving us the possibility to keep developing this world informative reference.
             A one-year access costs only 149,- Euros and you will receive full membership to both our Full Bi-weekly Newsletter and website username protected access to all e-malt.com pages and client services.

             You can pay by credit card, cheque or bank transfer (against invoice). Ordering is simple, use our online secure ordering system: click hereunder to begin - you could have access in just 5 minutes!

CLICK HEREUNDER TO SUBSCRIBE
One-year individual subscription: 149, - Euros
Two-years individual subscription: 259, - Euros

Save money when your colleagues join:
One-year group subscription for 2-5 members: 299, - Euros
One-year group subscription for 6-10 members: 449, - Euros
One-year group subscription for 11-20 members: 599, - Euros
One-year group subscription for 21-50 members: 799, - Euros
One-year group subscription for 51-100 members: 999, - Euros
One-year group subscription for 101 or more members: 1200, - Euros

Dear e-malt.com user,

After receiving several e-mails from you pointing to the tightness of our schedule of launching the paid newsletter service (which will actually be accompanied with restricted access to our website for the users that opt for not joining the new service), the e-malt.com administration decided to delay for two weeks the first newsletter for a fee. That means that the first newsletter of the new service will be newsletter 50a. The additional time of the free newsletter service will provide a good opportunity for the users that they have not subscribed so far to make up their minds and register with our new service.

Kind regards,
The e-malt.com staff

Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 03-December-2004

1 EUR = 1.3272 USD
1 EUR = 0.6897 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5853 CAD
1 EUR = 1.7141 AUD
1 EUR = 136.99 JPY
1 EUR = 3.6299 BRL
1 EUR = 37.1749 RUB
1 EUR = 10.9978 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 03-December-2004

1 USD = 0.7537 EUR
1 USD = 0.5197 GBP
1 USD = 1.1945 CAD
1 USD = 1.2915 AUD
1 USD = 103.24 JPY
1 USD = 2.735 BRL
1 USD = 28.01 RUB
1 USD = 8.2865 CNY

EUR/USD Chart
Top Industry News
  • China: Kingway Brewery Holdings Ltd., based in Guangdong, announced on December 1 it intends to invest US$100 million (HK$780 million) to build a production plant in Tianjin city North-East China ... Click here

  • Czech Republic - The Czech Republic has asked the European Union to protect the country's traditional beer to preserve its uniqueness ... Click here

  • United Kingdom: British largest regional brewer Wolverhampton & Dudley announced on December 3 it is acquiring small rival Burtonwood brewery for 119 million GBP ... Click here

  • Mexico: The leading Mexican brewery Modelo, maker of the popular Corona beer, is not contemplating "for the moment" a hike in domestic or export beer prices in 2005 ... Click here

  • World: Premium beer has been the fastest growing segment of the world’s beer market in recent years ... Click here

  • Business in November was negligible, market experts said. Taiwan purchased 24,000 tonnes two-row malt from ... Click here

  • Japan: In November Japan purchased 9,000 tonnes of malting barley each from Australia and Canada ... Click here

  • United Kingdom: Eleven new varieties of barley have been added to the new HGCA Recommended Lists: four winter barley varieties ... Click here

  • Canada will issue its final crop statistics on December 8. The Wheat Board thinks the barley crop might be a little higher than the 13 million tonnes estimated earlier ... Click here

More News
  • Japan: A plan to increase tax on beerlike beverages similar to low-malt happoshu beer - so-called type three beers - is set to be postponed, according to officials ...more info


  • Russia: Russian division of Glencore International AG (Switzerland) is to become barley export leader in 2004/2005 ...more info


  • Georgia, Tbilisi: Kazbegi, a leading brewer in Georgia, may set up a joint venture for bottling chilled beverages in the Netherlands with the Dutch company Bavaria N.S. ...more info


  • Ireland: The Irish government’s 2005 budget, which halves the alcohol products tax for microbreweries, comes at a time when Europeans are drinking more beer from small breweries than ever ...more info


  • Chile: Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. (CCU S.A.), the largest Chilean brewer, announced on December 3, 2004 interim dividend. The Board of Directors approved on December 1 the distribution ...more info


  • Belgium: InBev announced on December 2, 2004 it has moved its Corporate Offices to a new building (address: Brouwerijplein, 1 - 3000 Leuven) ...more info


  • Denmark: The price of Carlsberg Pilsner, the core brand of the Danish beer giant, Carlsberg, is to be cut in order to recover the fall in sales on the domestic ...more info


  • United Kingdom: The price of Stella Artois in the off-trade is to rise, Interbrew UK announced. The attempt is because the brand owner is unhappy at the low prices supermarkets ...more info


  • United Kingdom: Danish brewing force Carlsberg has succeeded in avoiding a strike at its main UK brewery in Northampton after reaching a one-year deal with workers that will prevent disruptions ...more info


  • Malaysia: It would be difficult for Guinness Anchor Berhad this year to repeat the strong financial performance posted last financial year (FY) ending June 30, 2004 ...more info


  • Russia: Russian Brewery Yarpivo is growing faster than the overall Russian beer market. In 2003 the market increased 7%, while Yarpivo sales increased 14.2% ...more info


  • World: The International Grains Council revealed on November 25 the main market events occurred in November. According to IGC on November 4 Jordan purchased 0.1 million tonnes Black Sea ...more info


  • Australia: Barley exports will slump 43 % because of a much reduced crop, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics predicts.In its latest winter crop forecasts ...more info


  • Nigeria: Heineken N.V. announced on November 29 that it has reached an agreement in principle with a co-shareholder to increase its stake in Nigerian based Consolidated Breweries from 24% ...more info


  • Australia: Listed agricultural company, ABB Grain Ltd, announced on November 30, 2004 will spend $40 million doubling the size of its Western Australian malting plant to 200,000 tonnes capacity ...more info


  • Sweden: Viking Malt, with its operative centre in Lahti, Finland, announced today it has officially opened its new malt house in Halmstad, Sweden on 24 November 2004 ...more info


Brewery News
China: Kingway Brewery Holdings Ltd., based in Guangdong, announced on December 1 it intends to invest US$100 million (HK$780 million) to build a production plant in Tianjin city North-East China. The project is the largest brewery’s investment ever undertaken in Tianjin, China’s third largest city. Kingway said the new plant in Tianjin will have an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes. The project will be developed in two phases, with an investment of US$50 million in the first phase that can produce 200,000 tonnes a year. Construction will begin after Lunar New Year. “The Tianjin government will give us preferential treatment on tax and land, and the cost there is cheaper,'' said Kingway managing director Jiang Guoqiang, adding that Kingway has allocated funds to invest in the city over the next four years. Chairman Ye Xuquan said the brewer would fund a third to a half of the investment bank loans because current interest rates are low and the borrowings would not dilute shareholders' interests. Annual beer demand in Tianjin is around 450,000 tonnes a year but local production is close to just 180,000 tonnes. Tianjin's beer market is dominated by Yanjing, produced by Beijing Enterprises Holdings, and China Resources Enterprise's Snow, with each selling about 130,000 tonnes a year. Kingway Brewery Holdings Ltd. also predicted on December 1 its net profit will grow at least 42 % in 2004 on cost controls. That translates to net profit of more than HK$149 million, based on the company's HK$105 million profit last year. “We expect both our sales and profit may increase by at least 42 %, from a year ago,'' said chairman Ye Xuquan, adding it will be able to reach its 2004 sales target of 390,000 tonnes. “Increased sales have reduced costs, which we expect to go up by just 1 per cent this year, compared with our domestic peers' which rose an average 17 %,'' he said. Kingway maintains a net cash position, with more than HK$500 million net cash and more than HK$200 million in annual operating cashflow. China's beermakers are benefiting from rising consumption amid the fast-growing economy. The booming market is prompting local brewers such as China Resources Brewery and Tsingtao Brewery to expand, and driving foreign giants like Anheuser-Busch and Carlsberg into acquisition sprees. Kingway has an alliance with Heineken. Kingway was formerly known as Guangdong Brewery Holdings until it changed its name in May this year.

Czech Republic - The Czech Republic has asked the European Union to protect the country's traditional beer to preserve its uniqueness, an official said Friday, December 3. Jan Vesely, the head of the Czech Beer and Malt Association, said the typical lager produced in the country known also as Czech-type Pilsner or Pilsener has unique features and deserves protection, according to Associated Press. The lager distinctive for its golden color and rich taste was made for the first time in 1842 in the Czech town of Plzen (Pilsen in English). Its style became dominant in the country and was later imitated by brewers in many other countries. According to Vesely, the EU protection would ensure that only such lager using traditional technology based on specific fermentation and using local raw materials such as hops and malt can be called "Czech beer." He said beer producers in the Czech Republic would be allowed to make other types of beer but would not then be allowed to call it "Czech beer." Vesely could not say when the request for protection was filed by the Industrial Property Office on behalf of the country. The Czech Republic joined the EU on May 1 along with nine other mostly former communist nations. Czechs are the world's biggest per-capita beer drinkers. Separately, one of the country's famed lagers, Budejovicky Budvar, already enjoys protection by the EU as a regional product.

United Kingdom: British largest regional brewer Wolverhampton & Dudley announced on December 3 it is acquiring small rival Burtonwood brewery for 119 million GBP after meeting forecasts with a 6.3 % rise in annual profit. "Burtonwood has an excellent estate of 460 pubs which are a good geographic fit with our existing 1,675 pubs," W&DB Chief Executive Ralph Findlay said on Friday, December 3. "There are significant opportunities to develop further the Burtonwood estate under the ownership of W&DB," he added. Ralph Findlay said he expected the Burtonwood deal to be concluded by early January. Refurbishment would follow and food menus would be expanded, he added. Wolves & Dudley said it would be able to make 3 million pounds a year in cost savings from the combination and would supply the new pubs with its own beers, such as Marston's Pedigree. W&DB posted underlying pretax profit of 77.7 million pounds for the 53 weeks to October 2, compared with analyst forecasts between 76 million and 78 million pounds. Over 400 of the Burtonwood pubs will be operated by W&DB's tenanted Union Pub Company, which generated a 4.2 percent increase in like-for-like sales in the first 8 weeks of this year. The rest will join its managed Pathfinder Pubs, which include the Pitcher & Piano chain and reported a 3.2 percent increase in like-for-like sales, according to Reuters. W&DB increased its dividend by 10 percent to 35.32 pence per share. Its shares closed at 947 pence on Thursday, valuing the group at 758.5 million pounds.

Mexico: The leading Mexican brewery Modelo, maker of the popular Corona beer, is not contemplating "for the moment" a hike in domestic or export beer prices in 2005 because of mixed global economic signals. Jose Pares, Modelo's investor relations chief and spokesman, said on Friday, December 3, the company plans to defer any decision pending further news on inflation, exchange rates and the state of the Mexican and global economies, according to Reuters. "For the moment a price increase (in Mexico and for exports) is not being contemplated," Pares said. "We have to wait." Pares said Modelo, half-owned by U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc, one of the world's largest brewers, still expects to see growth this year of 1 % to 2 % in domestic beer volume. In late June, the company cut its growth forecast for 2004 domestic volume because rain hit areas where Modelo is dominant that had seen heat waves last year. Its previous forecast was for an expansion of between 2 percent and 3 percent. Global export volumes are seen expanding between 3 % and 4 % this year from 2003, Pares said. Modelo, which also brews Victoria, Pacifico and Montejo beers, raised domestic and export prices in January 2004. The price hikes helped boost revenues but caused sales volumes to vary. Prices of exports, with traditionally 90 percent going to the United States, rose 7 percent on average in dollar terms and local prices increased 5 percent. Shares of Modelo were down 0.3 percent on Friday at 29.10 pesos but not far from 12-month highs. The stock has risen about 8 percent this year, compared with a rise of more than 30 percent in the bourse's main index.

World: Premium beer has been the fastest growing segment of the world’s beer market in recent years. Total global premium beer sales increased in the past 3 years, by about 35.2% to some US$116.1 billion. This segment still remains the fastest growing. According to industry analysts, by 2010 about 6 major breweries will control some 80% of the premium beer segment. The competition between these major players is to grow even more substantial especially in the developed countries. “The premium beer sector is growing faster than the total beer market and accounts for a disproportionate share of its profits. We therefore see good opportunities for brands such as Miller Genuine Draft, Pilsner Urquell, Nastro Azzuro and Castle,” SABMiller revealed in its annual report. Premium beer is in essence a marketing notion. However, the industry definition of a premium-packaged lager in UK is determined only by alcohol content. In UK a premium beer is a Class III lager that has 4.3% to 7.5% ABV (Alcohol By Volume) content, in accordance with the British Beer and Pub Association. For the rest of the world the industry definition of a premium beer or larger is not determined only by the alcohol content. A standard beer can become a premium beer in a given region or a particular country within a region. The price reinforces the image of the beer as a premium brand. It shows the consumer appreciates the quality and therefore the brand is able to justify its premium price. The top players on the world’s premium beer segment are: Anheuser-Busch, SABMiller, Interbrew, Heineken, Carlsberg, Breweries, Scottish & Newcastle, Coors Brewing Company and Foster's Group. The process of consolidation of the brewing industry will continue on the basis of the major international players acquiring more local brewing companies, especially in the developing markets in Asia.

Malt News

Business in November was negligible, market experts said. Taiwan purchased 24,000 tonnes two-row malt from a French/Belgian company at EUR 260,- CFR. Brazil is in the market for 150-200,000 tonnes of malt. It is reported that they have concluded 30.000 tons from Argentina, 15,000 tonnes from Uruguay, 20,000 tonnes from Brazil and min. 30,000 tonnes from the EU. South Africa purchased about 5,000 tons of Heineken A-grade at prices around EUR 225,-/230,- FOB in bulk. The mood at the Nuremberg Brau Fair was, of course, affected by the crisis in the malt industry, which was faced by low malting margins all year and by equally poor prospects for 2005.

Barley News

Japan: In November Japan purchased 9,000 tonnes of malting barley each from Australia and Canada. Australia won the Taiwan tender for 40,800 tonnes at US$ 203,- CFR. No results are known of the Colombian tender of 153,000 tonnes, of which 100,000 tonnes for Colombia, the balance for Peru, Ecuador, Chile (subsidiaries of Bavaria-Bogota Breweries).

United Kingdom: Eleven new varieties of barley have been added to the new HGCA Recommended Lists: four winter barley varieties - Flagon (potential malting variety), Saffron and Spectrum (two-row feed), and Amarena (six-row feed); seven spring barley types -NFC Tipple, Oxbridge and Westminster (potential malting varieties) and Waggon, Tocada, Wicket and Power (feed varieties), HGCA announced on December 2. HGCA Recommended Lists manager Dr Jim McVittie said: "It's been a real bumper year for barley. The 11 new barley varieties really do add something to the lists, with improvements in potential malting quality, grain yield and agronomic characters. It is very unusual to see so many good varieties come along at one time."

Canada will issue its final crop statistics on December 8. The Wheat Board thinks the barley crop might be a little higher than the 13 million tonnes estimated earlier. Canada's problem was the torrential rainfall before and during harvest time. Barley is plump, protein low (+/- 12 %), but the kernels are stained and weather-damaged. Germination is a problem now, and it may get worse by spring of next year. A final malting barley pool size of about 1.5 million tonnes is expected, however, this will be determined by the extent of the germination problem. The malting selection includes no more than 100,000 tonnes of six-row barley, as Manitoba was affected most by the adverse weather. The export target is half a Million tons. Good quantities were sold to the U.S., China and South Africa. Canadian barley is also being offered in the Colombian tender. Earlier shipments to Colombia and South Africa were executed with crop 2003 barley. Quotes CIF China are US $ 205,-, freight rates are US $ 55,- per tonne.

Theoretical malt prices.

  EURO = USD 1.3272 December 03, 2004 
Crop year  2004 
Parity  FOB Antwerp 
Position  Dec 2004-Sept 2005 
Conditioning  Bulk   In bags  Bulk containers Bags, containers
Malting barley variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  241.50  320.50  256.50  340.50  253.00  336.00  262.50  348.50 
2RS  Prestige  238.00  315.50  253.00  336.00  249.50  331.00  259.00  343.50 
2RS  Cellar  238.50  316.50  253.50  336.50  250.00  332.00  259.50  344.50 
2RS  Aspen  237.50  315.00  252.50  335.00  249.00  330.00  258.50  343.00 
2RS  Optic  237.50  315.00  252.50  335.00  249.00  330.00  258.50  343.00 
2RS  Astoria  236.50  314.00  252.00  334.00  248.50  329.50  257.50  342.00 
2RS  Cork   236.50  314.00  252.00  334.00  248.50  329.50  257.50  342.00 
2RS   Average price  238.50  316.00  253.50  336.50  249.50  331.50  259.50  344.00 
2RS  FAQ  235.50  312.50  250.50  332.50  247.00  327.50  256.50  340.50 
6RW  Esterel   228.50  303.50  244.00  323.50  240.50  318.50  249.50  331.50 
Asia Malt 70/30  235.50  312.50  250.50  332.50  247.00  327.50  256.50  340.50 
**  Asia Malt 50/50  233.50  309.50  248.50  330.00  245.00  325.00  254.50  337.50 

* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter

Theoretical malt prices for crop 2005 are available on site www.e-malt.com/MarketPrices

Malting barley prices. French barley prices.
Nominal prices.

EURO = USD 1.3272 December 03, 2004 
 Crop year   2004   2005 
 Parity   FOB Creil   FOB Creil 
 Position   July 2004   July 2005 
Type   Variety  EURO  USD  EURO  USD 
2RS  Scarlett  111.50  148.00  120.50  160.00 
2RS  Prestige  108.50  144.50  119.50  159.00 
2RS  Cellar  109.00  145.00  120.00  159.50 
2RS  Aspen  108.00  143.50  119.00  158.00 
2RS  Optic  108.00  143.50  119.00  158.00 
2RS  Astoria  107.50  143.00  118.50  157.50 
2RS  Cork   107.50  143.00  118.50  157.50 
6RW  Esterel   101.00  134.50  105.00  139.50 
nq - Not quoted
Prices for Danish and UK malting barley are available on site www.e-malt.com/MarketPrices

French Malting Barley Price Evolution


Maximum average price for 2RS Malting Barley, Crop 2004: 140.30 EUR/tonne* - in December 2003
Minimum average price for 2RS Malting Barley, Crop 2004: 108.50 EUR/tonne* - in November 2004
up Maximum average price for 6RW Malting Barley, Crop 2004: 125.50 EUR/tonne* - in December 2003
Minimum average price for 6RW Malting Barley, Crop 2004: 99.00 EUR/tonne* - in October 2004
* without increment
Table of the week
Australian barley prices

Barley

2003 
Jan-Mar  Apr-Jun  Jul-Sep  Oct-Dec 
A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t 

 Domestic 

                       

   2 row feed – Sydney 

337  200  186  292  187  164  259  171  146  187  134  112 

 Export**

                       

  Feed (bulk) 

250  148  138  223  143  126  202  133  114  208  149  125 

  Malting (bulk) 

311  184  172  286  183  161  374  246  211  217  155  130 

 International 

                       

  Feed-US no2 fob Portland*

221  131  122  199  127  112  202  133  114  188  134  113 

Barley

2004 
Jan-Mar Apr-Jun  Jul-Sep  Oct-Dec s 
A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t  A$/t  US$/t  EUR/t 

 Domestic 

                       

   2 row feed – Sydney 

177  135  108  191  137  113  180  128  104  158  119  93 

 Export**

                       

  Feed (bulk) 

197  151  121  210  150  125  169  120  98  165  124  97 

  Malting (bulk) 

208  159  127  250  179  148  224  159  130  223  168  132 

 International 

                       

  Feed- US no 2 fob Portland*

172  131  105  185  132  110  160  114  93  147  111  87 

Prices refer to bulk sales of grain delivered to Sydney region. Export prices for coarse grains are the average unit fob value of Australian exports recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Prices quoted only for months in which sizable export volumes were recorded. International prices are obtained from the Unicom Newswire service in US$ and converted to A$ using monthly average of daily exchange rates.
** Export unit values do not reflect current market prices but the average price received for grain exported over the quarter. Generally, there can be a long lag time between when prices were negotiated by exporters and the physical export of product. * Average of daily offer prices made in US$, converted to A$ using monthly average of daily exchange rates. s ABARE estimate. Note: Prices used in these calculations exclude the GST.

Graph of the week

Latin America beer production
Agenda

November 2004:
World Brewing Academy Applied Brewing Techniques. Munich, Germany;
World Brewing Academy Concise Course in Brewing Technology. Chicago, Illinois, United States;
INTERNATIONAL EXH FOR FOOD & DRINK INDUSTRY / WORLD FOOD UKRAINE 2004;
INT'L EXH OF WINES, ALCOHOLIC & NON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS & PROTECTION EQUIPMENT / EXPO DRINK 2004. Romania;
TALLINN FOODFEST 2004;
Belgian Beer Fest, Boston MA;
Teach a Friend to Brew Day;
FOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY EXPO 2004;
FISPAL RECIFE 2004 / INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR. Brazil.;
BRAU Beviale 2004. Nürnberg, Germany.;
Brewers' Association of America Conference;
Fall Fest-Of-Ale. Janesville, Wisconsin, United States;
Accrington Beer Festival. UK;
FOODAPEST 2004. 7th International Food, Drink and Food Processing Trade Fair;
INTERNATIONAL EXH FOR FOOD INGREDIENTS, ADDITIVES & FLAVOURINGS / INGREDIENTS RUSSIA 2004;
BELPRODUKT International Exhibition for Food and Beverages. Minsk, Belarus ;

December 2004:
FOODEX Food, Beverages and Food Technologies Fair. Ankara, Turkey;
Eten & Genieten Food, Beverages and Kitchen Supplies Exhibition. Amsterdam, Netherlands;
Americas Food & beverage Show and Conference;
Holiday Ale Festival;
Sint Niklaas Visits Brewery Ommegang;
IWEX 2004;
WORLD OF FOOD INDIA 2004;
KerstBierFestival 10th edition! Belgium;
VIETFOOD & DRINK 2004 / 3RD INTERNATIONAL EXH ON FOOD AND DRINK;

January 2005:
Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival. Vail CO;
35th Barley Improvement Conference. The American Malting Barley Association;
VIETFOOD (HANOI) 2005;
Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting;

More events are available on site e-malt.com

Copyright © E-Malt s.a. 2004