Rouen Port Grain Exports Jump 86% on Algeria, Cuba Wheat Demand

Rouen Port Grain Exports Jump 86% on Algeria, Cuba Wheat Demand
By Rudy Ruitenberg - Jun 14, 2012 1:15 PM GMT+0200

Grain exports from the French port of Rouen, Europe's biggest
cereal-shipping hub, rose in the most recent week on wheat demand from
Algeria and Cuba.

Export cargoes rose to 91,772 metric tons between June 7 and June 13
from 49,400 tons a week earlier, the Seine River port wrote in an
e-mailed report today. That included 86,302 tons of soft wheat, more
than double the 42,085 tons the previous week.

Algeria was the biggest destination with 52,840 tons of soft wheat, up
from 25,874 tons a week earlier, followed by Cuba with 26,762 tons of
wheat, from none the previous week.

Rouen accounted for 41 percent of France's grain exports by sea in
2010-11, ahead of La Pallice on the Bay of Biscay and Dunkirk on the
North Sea, which shipped out 17 percent and 11 percent respectively,
according to port data.

Rouen grain loadings by destination, in metric tons:

June 7-13
Soft wheat
Algeria 52,840
Cuba 26,762
Portugal 3,080
Spain (Canaries) 1,830
U.K. 1,790

Barley
Spain (Canaries) 1,470

Corn
U.K. 4,000

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rruitenberg@bloomberg.net

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