# Australia ships 535,522t barley, 266,101t sorghum in June - Grain Central

> Australia exported 482,840t of feed barley, 52,682t of malting barley and 266,101t of sorghum in June, according to ABS data. Feed barley shipments fell 18% from May to their lowest since October. Saudi Arabia, Japan and Vietnam were the main barley buyers, and China took most of the sorghum.

- Date: 2022-08-10 · published 2022-08-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40120-australia-ships-535-522t-barley-266-101t-sorghum-in-june-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Dwindling Australian supplies and competition from Black Sea and EU new-crop sales are reducing Australian export share. This leaves Australian barley and sorghum less competitive in key Asian and Middle Eastern markets.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/australia-ships-535522t-barley-266101t-sorghum-in-june/

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