# France wheat export estimates increase | 2021-02-11  | World Grain

> FranceAgriMer raised its forecast for French soft wheat exports outside the EU in 2020-21 to 7.45 million tonnes from 7.27 million in January, on active overseas demand. The figure is still 45.1% below the record 13.57 million tonnes of 2019-20. Forecast end-of-season soft wheat stocks were unchanged at about 2.5 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-02-11 · published 2021-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48564-france-wheat-export-estimates-increase-2021-02-11-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher export pace trims French supplies available to the market, modestly supporting wheat prices, although exports remain far below last season's record.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-18 | [France to export more soft wheat outside EU \| 2020-11-18  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50101-france-to-export-more-soft-wheat-outside-eu-2020-11-18-world-grain.md) | -2.6% | +4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-27 | [Russia to halt wheat exports \| 2020-04-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53497-russia-to-halt-wheat-exports-2020-04-27-world-grain.md) | -0.5% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-24 | [Due to higher prices, Russia increases wheat export](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63888-due-to-higher-prices-russia-increases-wheat-export.md) | -1.0% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-09 | [Russian Grain Exports Increase 26% from Last Year - Russia Business Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62392-russian-grain-exports-increase-26-from-last-year-russia-business-today.md) | +8.3% | +4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-19 | [Supply, Quality and Price Support USDA Wheat Export Estimates - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54638-supply-quality-and-price-support-usda-wheat-export-estimates-u-s-wheat.md) | -1.6% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/14865-france-wheat-export-estimates-increase

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