Malt has traded and further interest is shown in the intra-maltster market, analysts have recently revealed. There are both longs and shorts in the EU malting industry. In view of the very good export figure and an apparent better domestic demand, the situation of the industry is better than expected some months ago. Germany reported a gain of 11,6 % in beer sales in March, 4,3 % for the year. Spain claims inofficially a plus of 10 % since last summer.

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