EU: The selection of malting barley will depend entirely on the growing and harvesting season
Most German estimates of the spring barley acreage are smaller than Cocerals figure, on average 510 515,000 tons. Cocerals forecast of the total barley crop is 59.0 million tonnes, of which 30.6 million tonnes spring barley, only a small increase from last year.
The final crop figure and especially the selection of malting barley will depend entirely on the growing and harvesting season. No EU countries will have a sizeable export surplus of malting barley, but the total import needs of the Mediterranean and Central/East European countries can vary between 400 and 800,000 tonnes, depending on their own crop results.