An Australian delegation including Minister for Industry Ed Husic and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the Interflour mill in Makassar, Indonesia in June. The mill is a major user of Australian wheat. Photo: Anthony Albanese
AUSTRALIA exported 2,797,599 tonnes of wheat in June, up 18 per cent from the May figure of 2,363,470t, according to the latest export data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
This lifts Australia’s total wheat and durum exports for its marketing year starting October 1 to 20.8 million tonnes (Mt).
Containerised exports for June totaled 229,137t, with Indonesia on 66,338t followed by Vietnam on 48,929t and Taiwan on 33,508t the biggest markets.
China was once again the biggest customer by far on bulk exports, and with 707,409t shipped in June, it has accounted for 4.8Mt of wheat in the marketing year to June 30, or 23pc of the total figure to all destinations.
Indonesia on 251,892t was the second-biggest bulk customer, and was the destination for 2.4Mt of wheat in Oct-Jun period.
The third-biggest bulk wheat customer in June was The Philippines on 186,672t, and it was the destination for 1.8Mt shipped Oct-June, followed by Vietnam on 174,932t for June and 1.5Mt for the reporting period.
| BOXED | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr | May | June | Tonnes |
| China | 54772 | 14826 | 2375 | 5125 | 2087 | 79185 |
| Egypt | 747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 747 |
| Fiji | 49 | 350 | 0 | 430 | 185 | 1014 |
| French Polynesia | 252 | 0 | 127 | 221 | 248 | 848 |
| Hong Kong | 549 | 394 | 258 | 264 | 269 | 1734 |
| Indonesia | 25107 | 31553 | 9589 | 4748 | 66338 | 137335 |
| Japan | 305 | 2793 | 1318 | 313 | 771 | 5500 |
| Malaysia | 81195 | 76099 | 13789 | 24848 | 15695 | 211626 |
| Myanmar | 7234 | 10080 | 990 | 973 | 745 | 20022 |
| New Caledonia | 7140 | 7288 | 2920 | 888 | 3040 | 21276 |
| New Zealand | 3115 | 6750 | 2805 | 1981 | 4989 | 19640 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 52736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1251 | 1473 | 600 | 0 | 1303 | 4627 |
| Philippines | 34386 | 43014 | 13452 | 11149 | 13167 | 115168 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 261 | 255 | 258 | 0 | 774 |
| Singapore | 14077 | 4029 | 0 | 0 | 770 | 18876 |
| Solomon Islands | 1714 | 3782 | 1405 | 493 | 1644 | 9038 |
| South Korea | 3190 | 8518 | 3334 | 11426 | 7580 | 34048 |
| Taiwan | 90022 | 116232 | 30496 | 27958 | 33508 | 298216 |
| Thailand | 119995 | 125294 | 26287 | 28099 | 25383 | 325058 |
| UK | 521 | 0 | 253 | 852 | 926 | 2552 |
| Vietnam | 152773 | 171639 | 83750 | 144006 | 48929 | 601097 |
| DURUM | ||||||
| China | 440 | 0 | 0 | 1002 | 1556 | 2998 |
| Japan | 0 | 1003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1003 |
| New Zealand | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| Vietnam | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| TOTAL | 600515 | 678115 | 194003 | 265034 | 229137 | 1966804 |
Table 1: Australian containerised wheat and durum exports from October 2021 to June 2022. Source: ABS
| BULK | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr | May | June | Tonnes |
| Bahrain | 27500 | 0 | 24483 | 0 | 24461 | 76444 |
| Bangladesh | 112945 | 215268 | 19342 | 0 | 50000 | 397555 |
| Burundi | 0 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 4000 | 5900 |
| China | 1516199 | 1433922 | 757415 | 397603 | 707409 | 4812548 |
| Egypt | 32950 | 22964 | 0 | 0 | 60500 | 116414 |
| Fiji | 9000 | 79001 | 0 | 5000 | 28380 | 121381 |
| Indonesia | 613979 | 1082189 | 154529 | 280080 | 251892 | 2382669 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66002 | 66002 |
| Iraq | 0 | 160501 | 0 | 0 | 33000 | 193501 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 64174 | 0 | 0 | 64174 |
| Japan | 308089 | 224011 | 75426 | 157493 | 71200 | 836219 |
| Kenya | 0 | 62002 | 156465 | 0 | 129294 | 347761 |
| Kuwait | 134852 | 41428 | 40312 | 0 | 44000 | 260592 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6500 | 0 | 6500 |
| Malaysia | 251980 | 253540 | 29776 | 117922 | 26889 | 680107 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 35175 | 0 | 0 | 40850 | 76025 |
| Mozambique | 101702 | 69331 | 50530 | 18 | 50680 | 272261 |
| Myanmar | 73923 | 27203 | 21003 | 28889 | 22000 | 173018 |
| New Zealand | 124372 | 174901 | 3850 | 93165 | 11344 | 407632 |
| Oman | 0 | 22000 | 38498 | 0 | 66000 | 126498 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44904 | 53000 | 0 | 41863 | 26070 | 165837 |
| Philippines | 279094 | 961806 | 316810 | 136747 | 186672 | 1881129 |
| Qatar | 20983 | 21000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41983 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 44400 | 0 | 0 | 5419 | 49819 |
| Saudi Arabia | 55450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55450 |
| Singapore | 32299 | 0 | 21860 | 22086 | 0 | 76245 |
| South Africa | 0 | 178900 | 0 | 50800 | 102802 | 332502 |
| South Korea | 161845 | 525900 | 224925 | 97292 | 137500 | 1147462 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 19887 | 0 | 0 | 19887 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 26952 | 24443 | 0 | 51395 |
| Sudan | 0 | 220556 | 0 | 246759 | 33000 | 500315 |
| Tanzania | 44000 | 84750 | 0 | 12700 | 16 | 141466 |
| Taiwan | 1000 | 77997 | 242 | 2026 | 757 | 82022 |
| Thailand | 36217 | 120126 | 42167 | 30201 | 63277 | 291988 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 13613 | 4000 | 14500 | 32113 |
| UAE | 33132 | 27500 | 24202 | 0 | 0 | 84834 |
| Vietnam | 332121 | 562554 | 245754 | 226139 | 174932 | 1541500 |
| Yemen | 171363 | 369778 | 0 | 116710 | 135616 | 793467 |
| DURUM | ||||||
| Algeria | 0 | 52148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52148 |
| Italy | 27706 | 29411 | 27055 | 0 | 0 | 84172 |
| Japan | 0 | 5665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5665 |
| Philippines | 502 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1010 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| TOTAL | 4548105 | 7241785 | 2399270 | 2098436 | 2568462 | 18856058 |
Table 2: Australian bulk wheat and durum exports from October 2021 to June 2022. Source: ABS
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