# We won Saudi Arabia with barley, but who is winning China? - Grain Central

> Australia won its first significant barley tender to Saudi Arabia in years, based on cheap pricing. Australian barley lost access to China, and France has shifted from a discount to a premium over Australian barley, with 86% of French barley exports since July going to China.

- Date: 2020-11-19 · published 2020-11-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50226-we-won-saudi-arabia-with-barley-but-who-is-winning-china-grain-central
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Rerouting of barley flows to China from France, Canada, Argentina and Ukraine supports those origins' prices while Australian supply is discounted.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/we-won-saudi-arabia-with-barley-but-who-is-winning-china/

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