Romania: Barley exports drop 43% in 2016/17

In June 2017, Romania exported 230 thousand tonnes of barley, which was second largest volume shipped during this month. This volume was sharply higher than 5-year average for June barley shipments (138 thousand tonnes). Record shipment was observed in June 2016 – 483 thousand tonnes, UkrAgroConsult reported on August 25.

In 2016/17 (July-June), Romania exported 1.120 mln tonnes of barley (-43% y/y) compared to 1.990 mln in 2015/16 MY, which was absolute record for Romania.

Over July-June 2016/17 lower purchasing activity was seen from Saudi Arabia (471.2 thousand tonnes against 873 thousand tonnes over the same period of 2015/16), Jordan (104.5 thousand tonnes against 277.7 thousand tonnes), Libya (103.5 thousand against 258.7 thousand tonnes), Japan (7.6 thousand against 130.5 thousand).

Higher demand is observed from Spain 68 thousand tonnes (27.3 thousand over July - June 2015/16).

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