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Grain export\u00a0<\/span>terminal operator Senalia expects its volumes in 2025\/26 to double from last season after a rebound in French harvest production and amid brisk demand for barley, the company said on Friday.<\/p>\n France is the European Union’s biggest grain supplier and Rouen on the river Seine in Normandy its main grain export\u00a0<\/span>hub. The rain-hit 2024 harvest cut its export\u00a0<\/span>surplus and left\u00a0port\u00a0<\/span>terminals idle for part of the season.<\/p>\n Cooperative-owned Senalia forecasts that it will load 3.8 million metric tons of cereals in the current July-June season, up from 1.8 million in 2024\/25 and matching its volume from two years ago, Alain Charvillat, Senalia\u2019s head of cereal export<\/span>s, told report<\/span>ers.<\/p>\n The anticipated rise includes 1.7 million tons already loaded in the July-December period, he said.<\/p>\n In addition to increased harvest supply, export\u00a0<\/span>activity has been boosted by strong demand for animal-feed barley. Senalia was scheduled to load a rare barley cargo for Iraq soon, which will add to a range of markets supplied in the Middle East and North Africa that have helped offset a lull in Chinese demand since the summer, Charvillat said.<\/p>\n “We’re competitive on price and we’ve got this multitude of destinations,” he said of barley.<\/p>\n MORE CHALLENGING MARKET FOR WHEAT<\/p>\n Senalia was currently handling as much barley as wheat, though over the season it expected wheat to retain its usual predominance over barley with around a 60%-40% split in volumes, he added.<\/p>\n The market context was more challenging for wheat, with France shut out of the Algerian market due to diplomatic tensions and China no longer buying French wheat, he said.<\/p>\n Morocco is set to remain France’s main wheat export\u00a0<\/span>destination this season. Charvillat said while Argentina was creating extra competition there, initial report<\/span>s suggested milling quality from the South American country’s new crop may be less attractive than in French wheat.<\/p>\n (Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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