Statistics on cereal purchased, used and stockpiled by industry and trade, Q2 2010

During the second quarter:

• A total of 544 million kilos of cereals entered the market from farms.
• Barley accounted for almost half (303 million kilos) of all cereal purchases.
• 31 million kilos of rape and turnip rape entered the market from farms.

• Industry used 320 million kilos of cereals.
• 98 million kilos of cereals were used for food and 138 million kilos for feed.
• 38 million kilos of barley were used for malting.

At the end of June

• the stocks held by trade and industry totalled 513 million kilos of cereals and 15 million kilos of rape and turnip rape.

Information on the cereals purchased from farms  is published on 18 August.