Statistics on cereals purchase and used by industry and trade, Q1 2011

During the first quarter of 2011:

 Cereals purchased from farms

• A total of 417 million kilos of cereals entered the market from farms.
• Proportion of wheat was 39%, barley 33%, oats 25% and rye 3%.
• Amount of cereals purchased from farms was 10% less than during previous quarter and 27% less than during the corresponding quarter of the previoius year.
• The largest change was with feed barley.
• A total of 44 million kilos of rape and turnip rape entered the market from farms.

 Cereals used

• Industry used a total of 334 million kilos of cereals.
• 107 million kilos of cereals were used for food.
• 133 million kilos of cereals were used for feed.
• 44 million kilos of barley were used for malting.