Statistics on cereals purchased and used by industry and trade, Q1 2010

During the first quarter of 2010:

Cereals purchased

• A total of 540 million kilos of cereals entered the market from farms.
• Barley accounted for almost half (250 million kilos) of all cereal purchases.
• Bread wheat purchases from farms (110 million kilos) were noticeably larger than in 2009.
• A total of 40 million kilos of rape and turnip rape entered the market from farms.

Cereals used

• Industry used a total of 310 million kilos of cereals.
• Almost 100 million kilos of cereals were used for food and 130 million kilos for feed.
• Almost 40 million kilos of barley were used for malting.