French milling wheat exports from the port of Rouen reached their greatest volume in the past 16 weeks, with 87,000 tonnes of milling wheat exported in the week to March 26, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday, March 27. While the 87,000 tonnes is a relatively large volume of weekly exports from the port for this marketing year, exports from Rouen can average nearly double that figure on a weekly basis in previous years.
Wheat exports for French wheat have been strained this marketing year due to quality concerns as well as competitive pressures from Ukrainian and Russian origins.
One vessel loaded 30,000 tonnes of milling wheat for Morocco, while a second vessel loaded a small parcel of 19,802 tonnes of milling wheat also for Morocco.
A 30,000 tonne shipment of milling wheat was loaded for Portugal.
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March exports of milling wheat from Rouen to March 26 have reached 214,700 tonnes, against total March exports in the previous marketing year of just below 700,000 tonnes of milling wheat.
Feed barley exports from the port of Rouen to March 26 have totaled 125,000 tonnes from the port, against the previous marketing year, where 226,700 tonnes were exported from Rouen in March.
Port line-up data showed that total weekly exports of agricultural products from Rouen amounted to 131,602 tonnes.
From the port of La Rochelle, a 55,000 tonne cargo of feed barley was loading but had yet to show a destination, while a smaller parcel of 12,000 tonnes of feed barley was loaded for Portugal.
A 31,500 tonne cargo of milling wheat was also loaded, destined for Morocco.
According to European Commission trade data, France has exported some 1.60 million tonnes of milling wheat and 1.16 million tonnes of feed barley so far this marketing year to March 23.
European Commission trade data often lags port data and is sometimes incomplete and subject to revision as more data from member states becomes available.
