# Big Harvest Means France Needs To Export 20m Tonnes Of Wheat In 2019/20: Agritel | ESM Magazine

> Agritel said France will need to export 20.1 million tonnes of soft wheat in 2019/20 after harvesting 39.2 million tonnes, up 14.9%. About 11.3 million tonnes must go outside the EU, and the consultancy said good quality and a weak euro should help French wheat compete.

- Date: 2019-08-29 · published 2019-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57527-big-harvest-means-france-needs-to-export-20m-tonnes-of-wheat-in-2019-20-agritel
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy export demand from France supports wheat trade flows, but Agritel expects competitive pricing to cap price gains. The large harvest keeps overall supply ample.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-16 | [Black Sea Wheat Exports To Grow 5% In 2021/22 \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46432-black-sea-wheat-exports-to-grow-5-in-2021-22-esm-magazine.md) | -8.0% | -12.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-10 | [FranceAgriMer Raises Wheat Export Outlook On Trader Optimism \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56511-franceagrimer-raises-wheat-export-outlook-on-trader-optimism-esm-magazine.md) | +4.1% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-26 | [India may export record 6.5 million tonnes of wheat this fiscal - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43118-india-may-export-record-6-5-million-tonnes-of-wheat-this-fiscal-the.md) | -2.3% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-23 | [Ukraine exports almost 29 mln tonnes of grain since July 2016](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72351-ukraine-exports-almost-29-mln-tonnes-of-grain-since-july-2016.md) | -0.2% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-11 | [France raised its forecast for wheat and barley export](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70953-france-raised-its-forecast-for-wheat-and-barley-export.md) | -2.4% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- esmmagazine.com: https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/big-harvest-means-france-needs-to-export-20m-tonnes-of-wheat-in-201920-agritel-79449

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