# France to export more soft wheat outside EU | 2020-11-18  | World Grain

> FranceAgriMer raised its forecast of French soft wheat exports outside the EU for 2020-21 to 6.85 million tonnes, for the second month in a row. Exports are still 49% below the record 2019-20 season, and China has bought about 1 million tonnes since July.

- Date: 2020-11-18 · published 2020-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50101-france-to-export-more-soft-wheat-outside-eu-2020-11-18-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger export expectations, mainly driven by Chinese buying, support wheat export demand. The volume remains well below last season, which limits the price effect.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-11 | [France wheat export estimates increase \| 2021-02-11  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48564-france-wheat-export-estimates-increase-2021-02-11-world-grain.md) | +9.3% | +9.6% |
| 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 | 2021-01-20 | [Ukrainian seaports cut grain export by more than 6 mln tonnes in 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48981-ukrainian-seaports-cut-grain-export-by-more-than-6-mln-tonnes-in-2020.md) | +4.0% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-24 | [Grain export 2020/21: 89% of wheat volume regulated in MoU supplied to foreign markets — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46952-grain-export-2020-21-89-of-wheat-volume-regulated-in-mou-supplied-to-foreign.md) | -2.0% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-30 | [Grain export 2020/21: wheat shipment under the MoU reached 68% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50013-grain-export-2020-21-wheat-shipment-under-the-mou-reached-68-latifundist-com.md) | -0.9% | +8.3% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/14506-france-to-export-more-soft-wheat-outside-eu

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