A cargo of wheat bound for Asia loads at GrainCorp’s Port Kembla terminal in late March. Photo: GrainCorp

AUSTRALIA exported 3,008,382 tonnes of wheat and durum in April, down 20 percent from the 3,757,439t shipped in March, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

China was the biggest destination by far in the containerised wheat market with 62,113t, or 30pc of the total 209,861t shipped in April.

China accounted for 923,066t, or 33pc, of the 2,798,521t of bulk wheat and durum, also making it the major destination for wheat leaving the country in ships’ holds in April.

Malaysia on 28,233t and Taiwan on 26,994t were the second and third-biggest containerised wheat export destinations for April, while volume to Vietnam fell 67pc to 23,997t from 72,745t in March.

In bulk exports, Thailand on 310,750 and Indonesia on 281,322t were the second and third-biggest markets, and Turkiye and Vietnam have shown up as destinations for bulk durum cargoes.

Australia’s April 2023 wheat and durum exports are up 14pc on the 2,593,273t shipped in April last year.

Table 1: Australian containerised wheat exports for February, March and April 2023. Source: ABS

Table 2: Australian bulk wheat exports for February, March and April 2023. Source: ABS

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