China: China imported 137,000 tonnes of barley in January 2007
China imported 137,000 tonnes of barley in January of this year. Purchases of old and new crop French 6rw Esterel barley are estimated at 40 60,000 tonnes.
China's malting barley imports in January-September were 1.777 million t, of which almost 1.4 million t from Australia, the balance from Canada. The annual demand of malting barley is 4 million t.