Comparison of malt export licence fixation. From July 1 to August 28, 2003, EU maltsters booked export licences for about 893,230 tons of malt. That is at least 40 % of the expected export volume for the crop year. Outstanding countries were France with 383,150 tons against a total of 661,770 tons last year, and Belgium with 176.450 tons versus last year's total of 287,850 tons. Licence bookings included 370.000 tons of long-term licences, which require a bank guarantee of EUR 24 per ton versus EUR 5 for the short-term export permit. Malt export licences are fixable at a value of zero, which means no refund and no export tax. When the Commission cancelled all zero licences for grain exports on the August 1 and replaced them by "dash"-licences, maltsters were afraid that the measure would be applied to malt as well. By an unfortunate transmission error it seemed indeed that malt was part of the new scheme. The correction came quickly, but obviously too late to dispel the maltsters' distrust in the Commission's policies. After the recent remarks of Commissioner Fischler that export taxes are not envisaged, it seems logical that the system of malt licence bookings will not be changed. Regrettably it will be impossible this year to observe the pace of malt shipments by the usual short-term licence fixations.
(in tonnes) | 2000 - 2001 | 2001 - 2002 | 2002 - 2003 | July 01, 2003 - August 28, 2003 |
France | 523,190 | 701,134 | 661,772 | 383,150 |
Germany | 305,980 | 468,314 | 408,063 | 91,242 |
Belgium | 277,584 | 296,368 | 287,850 | 176,445 |
U.K. | 254,793 | 350,621 | 294,995 | 132,991 |
Finland | 65,550 | 91,890 | 100,758 | 20,931 |
Denmark | 52,326 | 96,812 | 94,791 | 13,400 |
Sweden | 50,847 | 101,000 | 76,916 | 13,470 |
Netherlands | 54,835 | 51,310 | 66,219 | 49,721 |
Ireland | 26,003 | 35,145 | 31,140 | - |
Austria | 4,850 | 8,840 | 8,620 | 1,576 |
Spain | 3,000 | 2,400 | 5,640 | 10,000 |
Greece | 1,800 | 1,744 | 1,306 | 200 |
Portugal | 340 | 221 | 85 | 151 |
Italy | - | - | 2 | - |
Total: | 1,621,098 | 2,205,799 | 2,038,157 | 893,277 |
Total Wheat malt, tonnes | |
Total 2000/2001 | 4,686 |
Total 2001/2002 | 12,805 |
Total 2002/2003 | 30,908 |
July 01/03 August 28/03 | 1,523 |
Total Roasted malt, tonnes | |
Total 2000/2001 | 23,967 |
Total 2001/2002 | 23,480 |
Total 2002/2003 | 23,603 |
July 01/03 August 28/03 | 4,078 |
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