South Africa: 300,000 tonnes of malting barley of good quality were harvested. SAM, the only maltster, will use 220,000 tonnes and import another 60-70,000 tonnes for its total needs of 280,000 tonnes. Recent barley imports were 75,000 tonnes from North America and France.

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