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Australia exports 2.57Mt wheat in June

Liz Wells August 7, 2023

Port Kembla is one of 20 Australian ports exporting bulk wheat in the current marketing year. Photo: NSW Ports

AUSTRALIA exported 2,571,013 tonnes of wheat in June, down 22 percent from 3,308,101t shipped in May, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

That puts Australia’s year-to-date figure for the shipping year starting October 1 at 25.45 million tonnes (Mt), up 22pc on the comparable 2021-22 figure of 20.82Mt to create what is believed to be a new export record.

Containerised June exports totalled 152,583t, with China on 32,329t, Taiwan on 23,300t and Vietnam on 20,138t the biggest markets.

In bulk, Indonesia on 493,227t, Thailand on 363,332t and Vietnam on 291,200 were the three biggest volume markets.

Iraq sits in fourth place for bulk shipments in June, with 265,000t, up 153pc on its May figure as a possible indicator of its inability to access Black Sea wheat.

 BOXED Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr May Jun TONNES
China 39184 210944 108953 99187 32329 490598
Fiji 163 0 12668 0 0 12831
French Polynesia 1241 250 508 0 0 1998
Hong Kong 257 841 272 273 0 1643
India 0 0 0 0 1452 1452
Indonesia 44825 35765 14632 16784 15799 127805
Japan 21 3908 2144 0 0 6072
Malaysia 74005 74070 26904 17470 14680 207129
Myanmar 6855 7980 978 2013 2516 20342
New Caledonia 7368 8959 2273 1006 1453 21059
New Zealand 8028 8285 2741 1478 1758 22289
Papua New Guinea 2373 1577 852 403 340 5545
Philippines 12633 22914 5537 39303 16085 96473
Saudi Arabia 0 829 0 378 0 1207
Singapore 0 0 0 26400 0 26400
Solomon Islands 2504 4627 681 747 2750 11310
South Korea 3734 1232 0 552 552 6070
Sri Lanka 78 125 0 0 0 203
Taiwan 85926 80360 25737 29097 23300 244420
Tanzania 0 298 149 0 446
Thailand 69238 82442 18453 26503 17942 214577
UAE 0 0 0 288 288
UK 1593 5974 852 2062 1200 11680
Vietnam 178586 217175 22449 15328 20138 453677
DURUM
Indonesia 2 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 538612 768256 246932 279133 152583 1985517

Table 1: Australian containerised wheat and durum exports from 1 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. Source: ABS

BULK Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr May Jun TONNES
Algeria 0 30348 0 0 0 30348
Bahrain 27501 50176 0 0 0 77677
Bangladesh 0 63147 82140 0 0 145287
China 1621151 2568801 923066 690097 104341 5907456
Egypt 56859 51615 33032 0 30508 172015
Fiji 36535 40503 0 33000 0 110038
India 0 34000 0 13640 500 48140
Indonesia 1149240 1043117 281322 390658 493227 3357565
Iraq 0 418701 102820 104940 265000 891461
Japan 352693 295256 76009 112433 149902 986294
Jordan 63000 0 0 0 0 63000
Kenya 0 27500 0 0 0 27500
Kuwait 132191 87600 0 42626 0 262418
Malawi 1000 0 0 0 0 1000
Malaysia 125929 324778 41799 44000 73825 610332
Mauritius 24200 25099 0 0 0 49299
Mozambique 9001 56100 0 0 0 65101
Myanmar 46881 52375 0 28025 50165 177446
New Zealand 144150 205580 35457 70395 47135 502718
Nigeria 54999 0 0 0 54999
Oman 12900 85000 0 11000 0 108900
Papua New Guinea 68171 43095 20247 28500 0 160013
Philippines 737299 805890 193096 194189 193500 2123974
Qatar 0 41637 0 0 0 41637
Rwanda 11700 0 0 0 0 11700
Singapore 0 22000 16500 0 0 38500
South Africa 0 98999 0 48691 114220 261910
South Korea 653357 833169 267494 369931 134000 2257951
Taiwan 211 257 0 302 0 770
Tanzania 23305 0 0 0 0 23305
Thailand 60987 694710 310750 171340 363332 1601118
Turkiye 0 66000 0 0 0 66000
UAE 49373 91069 37547 21879 0 199867
Vietnam 260129 696970 204991 410621 291200 1863912
Yemen 174446 395052 108008 187700 107574 972781
DURUM
Bangladesh 10238 0 0 0 0 20476
Italy 0 21838 0 0 0 21838
Spain 0 31500 0 0 0 31500
Tunisia 0 0 0 27500 0 27500
Turkiye 0 0 32743 0 0 32743
Vietnam 0 0 31500 27500 0 59000
TOTAL 5907448 9301883 2798521 3028968 2418430 23465487

Table 2: Australian bulk wheat and durum exports from 1 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. Source: ABS

 

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