# China's appetite for barley sucks in French and Canadian new crop | Reuters

> Barley export premiums for France's summer crop surged last week as traders said exporters covered part of their large advance sales to China made since late 2020. This has pushed feed barley prices unusually far above bread wheat.

- Date: 2021-02-03 · published 2021-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48708-china-s-appetite-for-barley-sucks-in-french-and-canadian-new-crop-reuters
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Chinese demand is draining exportable barley supply and lifting feed barley values, which raises feed costs for buyers in Europe and beyond.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-appetite-barley-sucks-french-canadian-new-crop-2021-02-03/

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