Newsletter Summary
Currency rates
Equities of largest breweries
Market prices change trend
Brewery news
Barley news
More news
Theoretical malt prices
Malting barley prices
Table of the week
Graph of the week
On These Days
Agenda
Do you know e-malt.com?
Average market prices
Change trend
Note:
Just click on the price link and you will be led to our
Market Price History. Average barley market prices are French and are estimated on FOB Creil basis.
Average Malt Prices are theoretical and based FOB Antwerp being estimated on French malting .
The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices.
Arrows indicate the direction of the change.
Easy E-malt.com
Access to E-malt.com
Use the above form to have a full immediate access to E-malt.com site!
Through the drop-down menu you can easily remind your username and password;
change your username and password or even edit your account!
Do you know
E-malt.com ?
Dear E-malt Reader!
E-malt.com Newsletters Archive could be found directly on
e-malt.com site.
Browsing through our Newsletters' Archive you may see all the issues you have missed. To this purpose you just have to
login e-malt.com and click on Newsletters link in the menu. Reading our Newsletters
you will be kept informed with the latest news and events regarding malting and beer
world. You may also submit your own news, events or other information to the address
info@e-malt.com!
Updated figures related to USA barley and malt trade with Mexico and Canada could be seen in NAFTA section of e-malt.com menu. To this purpose please enter
e-malt.com!
You may find updated malt, barley and beer statistics on e-malt.com Statistics section. Just enter e-malt.com! Here you will find all tables issued with e-malt.com newsletters.
E-malt.com Agenda gives the possibility to keep you informed about the Events planned to be held in the whole world related to the brewing and malting industries. To this purpose you just have to login e-malt.com and click on Agenda link in the menu. Reading our Event Agenda you will find out about the future symposia, conferences and festivals related to malting and beer world. You may also submit your own events to the address info@e-malt.com
E-malt.com has Trading Online system. The system is to be used for malt/barley trading. One can register a malt/barley offer or a malt/barley request. The registering person could be as a seller/buyer or as an agent for seller/buyer.
The User can see information about all active malt/barley offers & requests. If needed the system allows user to buy/sell malt/barley due to reasonable offers/requests. The way to do this is to confirm reasonable transaction.
Trading Online rules are available through the Internet in the Trading Online as well as Tutorial (useful for persons who starts the system usage).
To visit the E-malt Trading Online first go to the E-malt.com site, then click Trading Online link in the left menu of the e-malt.com home page. For more details please contact info@e-malt.com
Thank You!
E-malt.com Links!
Other e-malt.com newsletters
Last five newsletters
Newsletter 15a, 2007
Newsletter 14b, 2006
Newsletter 14a, 2007
Newsletter 13b, 2007
Newsletter 13a, 2007
Market price evolutions
The evolution of market prices for barley and malt, which are periodically issued with e-malt.com newsletters are published on e-malt.com site in Market Prices section. Just click here!
Available market price evolutions
E-malt.com graphs
All graphs issued with e-malt.com newsletters are published in "Graph" section of e-malt.com site.
Last five graphs
Ukraine Barley Production and Export
China Beer Production
Malt Exports of Czech Republic (1993 - 2006)
Brazil Beer Production (1995 - 2006e)
Canada Malting Barley Exports by Country of Destination, 2005 - 2006
The graphs are updated from time to time. Just see the updates online on
e-malt.com site !
All e-malt.com tables are published in e-malt.com Statistics section.
The Statistics section includes Barley statistics, Malt statistics and Beer statistics.
The tables related to barley are published in Barley Statistics section, the tables related
to malt in Malt Statistics section and the tables related to beer in Beer Statistics section.
Note
If you have any comments, questions, suggestions or remarks,
you can send a mail to: info@e-malt.com.
To submit your own news to our editorial team, email to:
info@e-malt.com
If you have received this newsletter from a colleague, you can obtain your own
subscription here! You are not registered yet? You may register here.
You may recommend our site to your friend
by clicking here
If you do not wish to receive our newsletter, please unsubscribe your e-mail address
from our mailing list by sending us an e-mail info@e-malt.com. Please take into consideration your registration data .
|
|
E-malt.com Newsletter 15b
April 12 - April 15, 2007
Quote of the week
"If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting."
Stephen R. Covey
 Currency Rates 
Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 13-April-2007
1 EUR = 1.3461 USD
1 EUR = 0.6811 GBP
1 EUR = 1.533 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6299 AUD
1 EUR = 160.543 JPY
1 EUR = 2.7478 BRL
1 EUR = 34.8281 RUB
1 EUR = 10.4136 CNY
|
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 13-April-2007
1 USD = 0.743 EUR
1 USD = 0.506 GBP
1 USD = 1.1389 CAD
1 USD = 1.2106 AUD
1 USD = 119.269 JPY
1 USD = 2.0413 BRL
1 USD = 25.8733 RUB
1 USD = 7.7361 CNY
|
|
EUR/USD Chart
|
|
Equities of the Largest Breweries
Top Industry News
 |
Japan: Kirin stays ahead of Asahi in beer shipments in January-March...
Click here
|
|
|
Western Europe: SABMiller scotches rumours of bid for Scottish & Newcastle...
Click here
|
|
|
Russia: Heineken denies the strike at the brewery...
Click here
|
|
|
UK: Scottish & Newcastle to produce Baltika beer in Great Britain...
Click here
|
|
|
World: SABMiller recorded 23% growth in lager beer volumes for the year to 31 March 2007...
Click here
|
|
|
Japan: Japan remains a nation of beer drinkers...
Click here
|
 |
Czech Republic: Poor barley harvests threaten beer quality...
Click here
|
|
|
Australia: Promising new Victorian barley variety still undergoing commercial malting and pilot brewing trials...
Click here
|
|
 More News
|
|
Argentine: Truckers end strike against AmBev
...
More Info
|
|
|
Russia: Baltika could increase 2006 dividend payments by 62%
...
More Info
|
|
|
Belgium: InBev denies redundancy plan
...
More Info
|
|
|
Canada: Lakeport Brewing introduces new Lakeport Light 473 ml can exclusive to LCBO
...
More Info
|
|
|
Canada: Icefloe Technologies Inc. announces extension of Molson Canada services agreement
...
More Info
|
|
|
Ukraine: 4 mil ha of spring barley have been sown
...
More Info
|
|
|
USA: Coors Brewing Company announced its latest innovation in refreshing beers
...
More Info
|
|
|
India: Tax tribunal asks Income-Tax Department to refund Rs 2.7 crore to Skol Breweries
...
More Info
|
|
|
USA: Pittsburgh Brewing's fate rests with water authority
...
More Info
|
|
|
Ukraine: Prices for feed barley continue rising
...
More Info
|
|
|
Europe: Heineken could walk from European Cup
...
More Info
|
|
|
USA: Coors CEO Compensation valued at $5.4 mil in 2006
...
More Info
|
|
|
Czech Republic: Beer vending machines coming soon to Czech Republic
...
More Info
|
|
|
India: Bilimoria to expand Cobra beer operations
...
More Info
|
|
 Brewery News
Western Europe: SABMiller scotches rumours of bid for Scottish & Newcastle
Global beer giant SABMiller said on Thursday it does not find the West European
beer market attractive after it had been linked with a takeover of Scottish and Newcastle,
Reuters reported April 12.
SABMiller's Chief Financial Officer Malcolm Wyman
did not comment directly on Scottish and Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, but
added that the group saw the West European beer market as "singularly unattractive"
due largely to its slow volume decline. He added that the West European beer market
is "not an area we find attractive" in a conference call after issuing a trading
statement to cover its financial year to March 2007.
SABMiller poured cold
water on speculation that it is considering a bid for Scottish and Newcastle yesterday,
sending shares in Britain's biggest brewer down 2 per cent, News Independent communicated
on April 13. Shares in Scottish & Newcastle have been frothing on talk that Heineken,
Diageo, Carlsberg and SABMiller were all interested in making a move, and it has
gained 13 per cent since the end of March.
The comments came as SABMiller,
which brews Miller Lite and Peroni, said lager volumes grew 23 per cent globally
in the year to the end of March, with organic growth at 10
...
More Info
|
Russia: Heineken denies the strike at the brewery
A Russian trade union said production had slowed at Heineken's brewery in St
Petersburg after management refused to grant a 30 percent wage hike and improve working
conditions, Reuters reported April 13.
The plant's union leader Valery Sokolov
told Reuters on Friday workers at the brewery were working to rule and avoiding overtime,
though Heineken denied there was a strike and said the plant in Russia's second largest
city was working normally.
"The strike is now going on. Some of the workers
are taking part, dozens of people, as well as drivers, which the plant can't operate
without. Brewing volumes are down and the production lines are going slowly," Sokolov
said.
Heineken denied there had been a slowdown in output.
"Production
is in full swing and going according to plan. We have no reason to say that any actions
have taken place", Anna Meleshina, spokeswoman for Heineken in Russia. "We have a
normal working day. The word 'strike' is out of the question."
The union
says monthly wages at the plant, which employs 1000 people and produces some 40 million
decalitres, are between 16,000 roubles and 18,000 roubles ($620 and 700). Heineken
says the average wage is around 31,630 roubles
...
More Info
|
UK: Scottish & Newcastle to produce Baltika beer in Great Britain
In the Edinburgh Castle, President of Baltika Breweries Anton Artemiev and Director
of Scottish & Newcastle Plc. John Nicolson signed a License Agreement to start
production of the brand Baltika №3 Classicheskoye beer in Great Britain, Baltika
announced in a press release, April 12.
Beginning in May 2007, Russia’s
number one beer brand will be produced and filled in 0.33 liter glass bottles at
the Camerons Brewery in the city of Hartlepool.
At the signing ceremony
of the Agreement, Anton Artemiev said, "The start of licensed production in Western
Europe of Baltika, one of Russia’s most popular brands, is a natural step in the
process of integrating Russia into the world economy."
The selection of
Baltika №3 brand is the result of extensive research into consumer preferences.
More than half of those polled consider Baltika to be an integral part of Russian
culture and the most popular Russian brand in Great Britain. At the end of 2006,
more than 500,000 liters of Baltika №3 had been sold in Great Britain.
Baltika №3 is positioned in Great Britain in the segment of International
Specialty Beers (or World Beers) and has a premium price positioning. The brand is
intended for cosmopolitan consumers who are open to
...
More Info
|
World: SABMiller recorded 23% growth in lager beer volumes for the year to 31 March 2007
For the year to 31 March 2007, SABMiller Plc recorded 23% growth in lager
volumes, with strong organic growth of some 10%, according to group’s press release,
April 12. Group financial performance was in line with management’s expectations
as good revenue growth was partially offset by higher input costs and increased investment
across the business.
The calculation of the group’s organic growth includes
volumes for South America from 12 October 2006, 12 months after it became part of
the group.
On a pro forma basis, South America lager volumes for the year
rose by 12% with growth accelerating in the final quarter to 14%. Strong performances
across the region reflect good economic conditions, improved market shares and the
impact of initiatives to rejuvenate the beer category. These initiatives include
brand renovations and launches, the introduction of new containers and significantly
increased investment in marketing and merchandising at the point of sale. In Colombia,
improved retail price discipline has underpinned accelerating sales. In Peru, Cristal
was relaunched in December 2006 and has led our share gains in a market that remains
competitive. In Central America, carbonated soft drink (CSD) volumes were up 6% and
lager volumes up 8% on an
...
More Info
|
Japan: Japan remains a nation of beer drinkers
Recent government data confirm that Japan remains a nation of beer drinkers, with
beer and beer-like beverages accounting for nearly two thirds of the 9 billion liters
of alcohol consumed last year, Japan Times reported April 13.
Makers of
cheaper nonmalt drinks known as "third-category beers" also toasted a surge in sales.
Overall wine consumption grew significantly for the first time in many years, and
customs data indicate that France, Italy and the United States accounted for the
lion's share of the gains. Imports from down under fell sharply however, dropping
Australia two notches to sixth place in the ranking of global wine suppliers to Japan.
One advantage of alcohol's highly regulated status is that detailed government
data are available -- albeit with some delay. Each spring, the National Tax Agency
releases per-capita liquor consumption data for the previous fiscal year ending March
31 (better late than never, we suppose), and the Ministry of Finance's Customs Bureau
announces final import numbers for the just-concluded calendar year.
Over
the last fiscal year, the average adult consumed nearly 60 liters of beer and quasi-beer.
While the 2006 totals were only marginally down from 2005, the aggregates masked
large, tax-driven changes within the sector.
According to
...
More Info
|
 Barley News
Czech Republic: Poor barley harvests threaten beer quality
Home grown barley that’s a key ingredient in Czech beer is a delicate, fickle
crop, and has suffered through tough growing seasons in recent years, Prague Post
reported April 11.
Czech beer is widely renowned as being among the world’s
best, and natives would certainly agree. Common estimates cite Czechs as the globe’s
heaviest beer drinkers, tipping back some 160 liters (336 pints) per person each
year. Increasingly unreliable barley harvests have left Czech brewers with two choices:
import barley and raise beer prices, as Pilsner Urquell manufacturer Plzeňský
Prazdroj did last year, or lower their standards and make beer from lower-quality
barley.At two research centers in Moravia, scientists have been quietly working to
find ways to reduce risk of a bad harvest.
At the Agricultural Research
Institute in Kroměříž, south Moravia, researchers are experimenting with
growing a strain of “naked,” or hull-less, barley, which could create a hardier crop
that also produces higher yields for use in malting and making beer. Such strains
have been grown for years in North America, mostly for feeding livestock, but have
not been sufficiently tested in Czech soil and climates. And, at the Research Institute
of Brewing and Malting in Brno, researchers have been
...
More Info
|
Australia: Promising new Victorian barley variety still undergoing commercial malting and pilot brewing trials
The Chairman of the Western Region Barley Council (WRBC) Steve Tilbrook said the
promising new variety was still undergoing commercial malting and pilot brewing trials,
and farmers should have no expectations at this stage, Seed Quest reported April
12.
Mr Tilbrook said Buloke’s grain yield was very competitive against Stirling,
Hamelin, Gairdner and Baudin.
“In statewide variety evaluation trials conducted
by the Department of Agriculture and Food over the four seasons of 2003 to 2006,
it out yielded Baudin and Gairdner by six per cent, and Hamelin and Stirling by ten
per cent. It also has a better over-all disease resistance package than the other
four varieties,” Mr Tilbrook said.
“There is understandably strong interest
in Buloke. However, Barley Australia is still carrying out commercial acceptance
trials, and there are many decisions yet to be made. There should be no expectation
that Buloke will be accredited as a malting barley, and no expectation that it will
be received as a malting barley in Western Australia,” Mr Tilbrook said.
“Once
trials are complete, the WRBC will review the results and their implications for
WA,” he said.
“It will then be up to member companies such as the Grain
Pool, Joe White Maltings and Kirin Australia to
...
More Info
|
Malting barley prices. French barley prices.
Nominal prices.
| EURO = USD 1.3461 April 13, 2007 |
| Crop year |
2006 |
2007 |
| Parity |
FOB Creil |
FOB Creil |
| Position |
July 2006 |
July 2007 |
| Type |
Variety |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
| 2RS |
Scarlett |
207.00 |
279.00 |
174.00 |
234.50 |
| 2RS |
Prestige |
206.00 |
277.50 |
173.00 |
233.00 |
| 2RS |
Cellar |
205.00 |
276.00 |
172.00 |
231.50 |
| 2RS |
Sebastien |
204.00 |
275.00 |
171.00 |
230.50 |
| 2RS |
Astoria |
204.00 |
275.00 |
171.00 |
230.50 |
| 2RS |
Cork |
204.00 |
275.00 |
170.00 |
229.00 |
| 6RW |
Esterel |
176.00 |
237.00 |
151.00 |
203.50 |
Theoretical malt prices.
| EURO = USD 1.3461 April 13, 2007 |
| Crop year |
2006 |
| Parity |
FOB Antwerp |
| Position |
Apr 2007-Sept 2007 |
| Conditioning |
Bulk |
In bags |
Bulk containers |
Bags, containers |
| Malting barley variety |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
| 2RS |
Scarlett |
423.50 |
570.50 |
446.50 |
601.00 |
440.50 |
592.50 |
451.00 |
607.00 |
| 2RS |
Prestige |
422.50 |
568.50 |
445.50 |
599.50 |
439.00 |
591.00 |
449.50 |
605.00 |
| 2RS |
Cellar |
421.50 |
567.00 |
444.00 |
597.50 |
438.00 |
589.50 |
448.50 |
603.50 |
| 2RS |
Sebastien |
420.00 |
565.50 |
443.00 |
596.00 |
436.50 |
587.50 |
447.00 |
602.00 |
| 2RS |
Astoria |
420.00 |
565.50 |
443.00 |
596.00 |
436.50 |
587.50 |
447.00 |
602.00 |
| 2RS |
Cork |
420.00 |
565.50 |
443.00 |
596.00 |
436.50 |
587.50 |
447.00 |
602.00 |
| 2RS |
Average price |
421.50 |
567.00 |
444.00 |
597.50 |
438.00 |
589.50 |
448.50 |
603.50 |
| 6RW |
Esterel |
384.50 |
519.00 |
408.50 |
549.50 |
402.00 |
541.50 |
412.50 |
555.50 |
| * |
Asia Malt 70/30 |
410.50 |
552.50 |
433.50 |
583.50 |
427.00 |
575.00 |
437.50 |
589.00 |
| ** |
Asia Malt 50/50 |
403.50 |
543.00 |
426.00 |
573.50 |
420.00 |
565.50 |
430.50 |
579.50 |
| EURO = USD 1.3461 April 13, 2007 |
| Crop year |
2007 |
| Parity |
FOB Antwerp |
| Position |
Oct 2007-Sept 2008 |
| Conditioning |
Bulk |
In bags |
Bulk containers |
Bags, containers |
| Malting barley variety |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
EURO |
USD |
| 2RS |
Scarlett |
362.50 |
488.00 |
385.50 |
519.00 |
379.50 |
510.50 |
390.00 |
524.50 |
| 2RS |
Prestige |
361.50 |
486.50 |
384.50 |
517.00 |
378.00 |
508.50 |
388.50 |
523.00 |
| 2RS |
Cellar |
360.50 |
485.00 |
383.00 |
515.50 |
376.50 |
507.00 |
387.50 |
521.50 |
| 2RS |
Sebastien |
359.00 |
483.00 |
381.50 |
514.00 |
375.50 |
505.50 |
386.00 |
519.50 |
| 2RS |
Astoria |
359.00 |
483.00 |
381.50 |
514.00 |
375.50 |
505.50 |
386.00 |
519.50 |
| 2RS |
Cork |
357.50 |
481.50 |
380.50 |
512.00 |
374.50 |
504.00 |
385.00 |
518.00 |
| 2RS |
Average price |
360.00 |
484.50 |
383.00 |
515.50 |
376.50 |
507.00 |
387.00 |
521.00 |
| 6RW |
Esterel |
333.50 |
450.00 |
357.00 |
480.50 |
351.00 |
472.50 |
361.50 |
486.50 |
| * |
Asia Malt 70/30 |
352.50 |
474.50 |
192.00 |
505.00 |
185.50 |
496.50 |
196.50 |
510.50 |
| ** |
Asia Malt 50/50 |
347.50 |
467.50 |
192.00 |
498.00 |
185.50 |
489.50 |
196.50 |
504.00 |
* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter
Table of the week
World Hop Acreage and Percent Share
| |
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Germany |
acres |
52830 |
48638 |
45177 |
45915 |
46965 |
45318 |
40879 |
43168 |
42404 |
41247 |
| % |
30 |
33 |
32 |
35 |
33 |
33 |
32 |
36 |
34 |
36 |
| England |
acres |
7764 |
6047 |
5636 |
4828 |
5035 |
4681 |
3538 |
3354 |
2932 |
2609 |
| % |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2.7 |
2 |
2 |
| Czech |
acres |
20411 |
15091 |
15842 |
16703 |
15864 |
14735 |
14417 |
14420 |
14010 |
13109 |
| % |
12 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
| Europe (rest) |
acres |
32447 |
25840 |
24844 |
25682 |
24679 |
23616 |
22217 |
20666 |
20236 |
19253 |
| % |
18 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
17.2 |
16 |
17 |
| USA |
acres |
43301 |
36673 |
34260 |
36404 |
35891 |
29309 |
28669 |
28020 |
29118 |
29435 |
| % |
24 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
22 |
23 |
23.3 |
24 |
26 |
| China |
acres |
12355 |
10556 |
10556 |
10829 |
11884 |
13930 |
13931 |
11697 |
11846 |
4910 |
| % |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
9.7 |
10 |
4 |
| World (rest) |
acres |
7645 |
6577 |
6530 |
3255 |
4139 |
4364 |
3211 |
3607 |
3354 |
2853 |
| % |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| World Totals |
acres |
176753 |
149422 |
142845 |
143616 |
144457 |
135944 |
126862 |
119943 |
123609 |
113417 |
Source: USDA, IHGC, Merchant Reports, Prepared by HGA
Graph of the week
These Days in Business History
April 12
1903 Jan Tinbergen is born, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969
1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1996 One of the first companies ever to go public with an exclamation point in its name, Yahoo! Inc., launches its IPO on NASDAQ, selling 2.6 million shares at an initial price of $13 a share.
April 13
1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times
1888 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C.
1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
April 14
1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris
1987 Turkey asks to join European market
April 15
1892 General Electric Company, forms and is incorporated in New York
1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1973 Walt Disney Store opens
|
Agenda
April 2007:
InterFood St. Petersburg
15th Annual International Beer Festival, USA.
The International Hop Growers’ Convention (IHGC) Meetings, France.
24th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL SAN FRANCISCO
May 2007:
European Grain & Oilseed Convention 2007, Brussels
31-st International Congress of the European Brewery Convention , Italy
Hofex - 2007, China
InterFood Azerbaijan 13th Azerbaijan International Food Industry and Agriculture Exhibition
InterFood Astana , Kazakhstan, 9th Astana International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, Technologies
June 2007:
Japan-Asia Beer Cup 2007, Tokyo
InterFood Mongolia
IGC Grains Conference 2007 London, England
Great Japan Beer Festival 2007 in Tokyo
Brasil Brau 2007
The International Hop Growers’ Convention(IHGC)
Practical Course on Malt and Malting Barley Canada
The 5th Canadian Barley Symposium & District Western Canada MBAA
Seattle International Beer Festival
More events are available on site e-malt.com
|
|
|
Copyright © E-Malt s.a. 2007
|
|
1.44%
Top
