EU: EU will not import barley from Eastern Europe or South America
Any hope that the EU could import barley from Eastern Europe or from South America, has almost completely disappeared. Russia had harvested large quantities of barley with shaky germination, which proves to be a real problem by now. The Ukraine has stopped possible exports since October by its new (no-)licence system.
The South American barley crop, which started quite well in Uruguay and Northern Argentina, produced lower yields and high screenings in the important southern part of the province of Buenos Aires. The remaining export surplus will remain inside South America in all probability.