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Australia’s July wheat exports jump 20pc to 1.5Mt

Liz Wells September 10, 2024

A crop of wheat prior to harvest in November 2023 in the Corrigin district of WA. Photo: Ashley Jacobs

AUSTRALIA exported 1,495,368 tonnes of wheat and durum in July, up 20 percent from the 1,246,642t shipped in June, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

On containerised volume, little separated the three biggest destinations, namely Malaysia on 28,793t, Thailand on 27,043t and Vietnam on 26,799t.

Bulk exports had Indonesia as the clear front-runner on 265,701t, followed by Yemen on 219,430t and The Philippines on 198,486t.

The July 2024 total wheat and durum export figure is 44pc below the 2,666,517t shipped in July 2023.

According to recent Lachstock Consulting export vessel line-ups analysis, Australia was expected to export around 1 million tonnes of bulk wheat in August, dropping to 851,000t this month.

The downtrend in monthly shipment figures is usual as Australia approaches the new shipping year, which is expected to start with cargoes out of Central Queensland, where the Australian winter-crop harvest will start this month.

BOXED May Jun Jly Tonnes
China 19224 8759 2996 30979
Fiji 0 0 202 202
India 245 9178 4456 13879
Indonesia 13818 6447 15764 36029
Japan 2483 0 0 2483
Kenya 496 0 477 973
Malaysia 34564 23036 28793 86393
Myanmar 0 310 1337 1648
New Caledonia 2295 1952 1033 5280
New Zealand 2492 5233 17469 25194
Papua New Guinea 398 746 1306 2450
Philippines 18581 14981 10040 43602
Singapore 0 745 511 1256
Solomon Islands 1288 1801 1208 4296
South Korea 4185 1326 1958 7469
Taiwan 22535 20076 17895 60507
Thailand 18386 24088 27043 69517
UAE 0 0 1023 1023
UK 1437 400 1200 3038
Vietnam 13341 10281 26799 50421
DURUM
China 0 0 701 701
Indonesia 0 0 231 231
TOTAL 155769 129360 162442 447571

Table 1: Australian May, June and July 2024 containerised wheat and durum exports. Source: ABS

BULK May Jun Jly Tonnes
Bahrain 27500 0 27500 55000
Bangladesh 0 0 150 150
China 116285 125468 0 241753
Egypt 0 0 15 15
Fiji 0 30000 12320 42320
India 0 0 13465 13465
Indonesia 243111 88922 265701 597734
Japan 103234 57376 103280 263890
Kuwait 36276 0 85209 121486
Malaysia 32000 82500 3205 117705
Mozambique 0 10978 0 10978
Myanmar 0 29750 27478 57228
New Zealand 114198 0 70942 185140
Oman 0 0 13507 13507
Papua New Guinea 0 27881 20400 48281
Philippines 314857 254606 198486 767949
Singapore 20900 0 0 20900
South Africa 0 54501 114183 168684
South Korea 164780 149380 109615 423775
Taiwan 0 0 248 248
Thailand 24200 0 0 24200
UAE 19800 249 11000 31049
Vietnam 58756 116737 24 175517
Yemen 155901 55000 219340 430241
Zambia 0 33418 35800 69218
DURUM
China 0 516 550 1066
Philippines 0 0 508 508
TOTAL 1431798 1117282 1332926 3882006

Table 2: Australian May, June and July 2024 bulk wheat and durum exports. Source: ABS

 

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