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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