Australia: Barley export licenses approved to Middle East

Export licenses for 50,000 tonnes of malting barley and 60,000 tonnes of feed barley to the Middle East were approved last week by Grains Licensing Authority in the state of Western Australia

Colin Mann Grains Licensing Authority Chairman said, "If these applications had not been approved Western Australian growers would be denied access to particular market segments. However, conditions had been applied to ensure that there were more options for producers and it was not WA grain competing directly with WA grain."

Any quality misrepresentation or variety requirements of the market would be exhaustively examined and if necessary, action will be taken by the Grains Licensing Authority to make sure that the repute of State isn�t injured