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Exports and the UK market

Exports help to prevent over-supply of domestic markets, supporting base prices relative to world values.

Growers within around 50 miles of a port may consider growing for the export market.

Wheat exports

Wheat exports account for 15 – 20 per cent of the annual UK crop, with around two million tonnes exported each year. The 2010/11 season saw the UK exporting almost double the export surplus, demonstrating the strong demand for UK wheat. A large proportion of UK wheat exports are varieties used by overseas customers for milling. Overseas millers have different requirements to UK millers, click here to learn more.

uk exports market graph

Overseas markets

The UK has exported wheat to 23 different countries so far in the 2010/11 season.

Destination country Wheat 09/10 tonnes Wheat 10/11 (Jul-Mar) tonnes
Algeria 0 23,750
Belgium-Luxembourg 88,405 209,046
China 0 3
Cyprus 20 0
Denmark 1,461 13,010
Eire 212,717 127,366
Finland 2 0
France 38,038 199,363
Germany 26,029 181,563
Greece 4,626 12,857
Iceland 2,968 7,328
Italy 38,512 78,076
Malta 87 0
Mauritania 0 17,176
Morocco 26,250 44,906
Netherlands 258,827 582,694
Nigeria 0 3
Norway 0 5,550
Philippines 49,500 0
Portugal 350,099 87,355
South Africa 62 0
Spain 1,257,757 558,764
Thailand 0 53,100
Tunisia 0 76,773
Turkey 0 7,013
USA 71,886 3
Vietnam 0 58,314

BCE actively engages with buyers in the following markets. Click for a country profile: Algeria , Egypt, Holland , Morocco , Portugal, Spain , Tunisia

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