EU: Malt production figures of the three reporting EU countries

France produced 800,000 tonnes of malt between July 2005 and January 2006. The forecast for the crop year is 1.32 million tonnes, only 25,000 tonnes less than a year earlier.

The U.K. reports that malt production from July 2005 till January 2006 was 5 % down. Production for the crop year 2005/06 is projected at 1.375 million tonnes, down 3 % from a year before, but 10 % below the average of 2000/2005.

In 2005 Germany produced 1.882 million tonnes of malt versus 2.034 million tonnes in 2004.