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E-Malt.com News article: 1577

Comparison of malt export licence fixation. From July 1 to August 28, 2003, EU maltsters booked export licences for about 893,230 tons of malt.  That is at least 40 % of the expected export volume for the crop year.  Outstanding countries were France with 383,150 tons against a total of 661,770 tons last year, and Belgium with 176.450 tons versus last year's total of 287,850 tons.  Licence bookings included 370.000 tons of long-term licences, which require a bank guarantee of EUR 24 per ton versus EUR 5  for the short-term export permit.  Malt export licences are fixable at a value of zero, which means no refund and no export tax.  When the Commission cancelled all zero licences for grain exports on the August 1 and replaced them by "dash"-licences, maltsters were afraid that the measure would be applied to malt as well.  By an unfortunate transmission error it seemed indeed that malt was part of the new scheme.  The correction came quickly, but obviously too late to dispel the maltsters' distrust in the Commission's policies.  After the recent remarks of Commissioner Fischler that export taxes are not envisaged, it seems logical that the system of malt licence bookings will not be changed.  Regrettably it will be impossible this year to observe the pace of malt shipments by the usual short-term licence fixations.

(in tonnes) 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2003 July 01, 2003 - August 28, 2003 
France 523,190 701,134 661,772 383,150 
Germany 305,980 468,314 408,063 91,242 
Belgium 277,584 296,368 287,850 176,445 
U.K.  254,793 350,621 294,995 132,991 
Finland 65,550 91,890 100,758  20,931 
Denmark  52,326 96,812 94,791 13,400 
Sweden 50,847 101,000 76,916  13,470 
Netherlands 54,835 51,310 66,219 49,721 
Ireland 26,003 35,145 31,140 
Austria 4,850 8,840 8,620 1,576 
Spain 3,000 2,400 5,640 10,000 
Greece 1,800 1,744 1,306 200 
Portugal 340 221 85 151 
Italy 

Total:  

1,621,098 2,205,799 2,038,157 893,277 

 

 Total Wheat malt, tonnes 
Total 2000/2001  4,686 
Total 2001/2002  12,805 
Total 2002/2003  30,908 
July 01/03 – August 28/03 1,523 
  
 Total Roasted malt, tonnes 
Total 2000/2001 23,967 
Total 2001/2002  23,480 
Total 2002/2003  23,603 
July 01/03 – August 28/03 4,078 


17 September, 2003

   
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