• The data published by the European Commission on Tuesday, 23.05.2023, show that, for the 2022-2023 season, Romania is the second largest exporter and importer of wheat in the EU.
According to the data published on Tuesday by the European Commission, transmitted by the Reuters agency, quoted by Agerpres, European Union soft wheat exports for the 2022/2023 season, which began on July 1, 2022, reached 21 million tons on May 28 this year, up 13% from the 24,86 million of tons of wheat exported in the same period of the 2021/2022 season.
France remained the largest exporter of soft wheat in the EU this season, with 9,6 million tons exported until May 21 this year, followed by Romania with 3,96 million tons. The next places are Germany with 3,53 million tons of exported wheat, and Poland with 2,85 million tons of exported wheat.
data European Commission it also shows that EU common wheat imports had a significant increase of 239% to 7,9 million tonnes, compared to 2,35 million tonnes imported in the same period of the 2021/22 season. Spain ranks first in the list of major EU wheat importers, with 3,36 million tons, followed by Romania, which imported 893.000 tons of soft wheat, and Poland, with imports of 819.000 tons of soft wheat. Imports from Ukraine to the EU, until May 21 this year, were approximately five million tons of wheat compared to 351.000 tons in the same period of the 2021/22 season.
Maize – 2,87 million tonnes exported by the EU
Regarding corn, the EU exported a quantity of 2,87 million tons until May 21 this year, of which 1,64 million tons were exported by Romania. In the same period, the EU imported 23,9 million tons of corn, and a quantity of 1,34 million tons was imported by Romania alone.
Officials of the European stock exchange operator Euronext, announced last week that Romania, the largest corn exporter in European Union, will be considered as a physical delivery zone for its corn futures contract as part of an initiative to increase activity for the contract.
Provisional data announced by National Institute of Statistics (INS) shows that, last year, Romania obtained a grain corn production of 8,2 million tons, from an area of 2,47 million hectares, while in 2021 the harvest was 14,82 million tons reported from 2,54 million hectares.
Article written by Gabriela Dan, Editor of Arta Albă
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