CHS Broadbent receives its first load of sorghum for the season at Moree in northern NSW this week. Photo: CHS Broadbent
AUSTRALIA exported 912,990 tonnes of barley and 29,910t of sorghum in November, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
At 852,047t, the feed barley figure for the month is more than 10 times the 78,475t shipped in October, with China on 627,616t, Saudi Arabia on 117,045t, Kuwait on 41,335t, and the United Arab Emirates the four biggest customers.
Mexico on 30,000t and China, 19,136t were the only markets to take more than 5000t of November-shipped malting barley, which totaled 60,943t, down 37 percent from the 96,170t shipped in October.
China was the destination for 24,761t, or 83pc, of November-shipped sorghum, with The Philippines on 2521t and Taiwan on 2218t the only other markets to take more than 1000t.
McDonald Pelz senior broker Sam Roache said barley shipments in the first real new- crop month have started with a bang.
“They show a record 912,990t shipped versus sub 200,000t in October,” Mr Roache said.
“Demand has been constant, with the lower shipping months into the end of the year a product of tight available stocks.”
Mr Roache said volume was expected to grow into December and January, and remain consistently high for the year, with record production matching record import demand in China.
“Interestingly, we see relatively strong demand continue from the Middle East.
“Northern Hemisphere sellers are well committed into early Chinese sales; along with the rebound of Turkish imports, this account for the reversion to a more normal production season.
“Middle Eastern sales continue into February and March at least which, combined with record Chinese pace, sees a strongly demand led market.”
| FEED | Sep | Oct | Nov | Tonnes |
| China | 156037 | 66914 | 627616 | 850566 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 10751 | 10751 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 41335 | 41335 |
| Malaysia | 185 | 180 | 192 | 558 |
| Mexico | 63000 | 0 | 0 | 63000 |
| New Caledonia | 319 | 196 | 0 | 515 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 82 | 0 | 82 |
| Philippines | 1055 | 2583 | 1419 | 5057 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 117045 | 117045 |
| Singapore | 593 | 0 | 0 | 593 |
| South Korea | 10871 | 1626 | 1451 | 13947 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Taiwan | 3158 | 1777 | 682 | 5617 |
| Thailand | 3163 | 1269 | 4691 | 9123 |
| UAE | 0 | 70 | 41226 | 41296 |
| Vietnam | 33778 | 3779 | 5618 | 43174 |
| TOTAL | 272158 | 78475 | 852047 | 1202680 |
Table 1: Australian feed barley exports for September, October and November 2025.
| MALTING | Sep | Oct | Nov | Tonnes |
| China | 5984 | 12434 | 19136 | 37554 |
| Ecuador | 7003 | 0 | 0 | 7003 |
| Japan | 0 | 23257 | 5315 | 28572 |
| Mexico | 0 | 33000 | 30000 | 63000 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 393 | 393 |
| Peru | 18997 | 0 | 0 | 18997 |
| Philippines | 200 | 1196 | 899 | 2294 |
| Singapore | 2659 | 2194 | 2559 | 7413 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1538 | 670 | 2209 |
| Vietnam | 440 | 22551 | 1971 | 24962 |
| TOTAL | 35283 | 96170 | 60943 | 192396 |
Table 2: Australian malting barley exports for September, October and November 2025.
| SORGHUM | Sep | Oct | Nov | Tonnes |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| China | 224630 | 84829 | 24761 | 334219 |
| Japan | 64 | 43 | 22 | 128 |
| Philippines | 1251 | 2106 | 2521 | 5878 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 78 | 0 | 78 |
| South Korea | 48 | 0 | 242 | 290 |
| Taiwan | 807 | 3865 | 2218 | 6890 |
| Vietnam | 150 | 0 | 122 | 272 |
| TOTAL | 226950 | 90920 | 29910 | 347780 |
Table 3: Australian sorghum exports for September, October and November 2025.
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