# East coast grain imports set to continue into 2020 | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian Crop Forecasters expect about 350,000 tonnes of Canadian high-protein wheat to be imported for the 2019-20 marketing year, mainly for Manildra's gluten plant. Western Australian grain is expected to move less to the east coast due to supplies in Victoria and South Australia.

- Date: 2019-08-21 · published 2019-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57537-east-coast-grain-imports-set-to-continue-into-2020-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Imports of niche wheat and reduced interstate flows are routine trade adjustments with limited effect on global feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-30 | [WTO to examine U.S.-China dispute on grain import quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45413-wto-to-examine-u-s-china-dispute-on-grain-import-quotas.md) | +0.2% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-26 | [China 2024 grain imports seen near record high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14766-china-2024-grain-imports-seen-near-record-high.md) | -1.8% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-14 | [Seaborne Grain Exports From Russia Drop 25% in 2024/25](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14190-seaborne-grain-exports-from-russia-drop-25-in-2024-25.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-24 | [China’s grain import volume declines in 2022 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14873-china-s-grain-import-volume-declines-in-2022-grain-central.md) | +4.1% | +3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-28 | [Grain exports decline in July stood at 8% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63387-grain-exports-decline-in-july-stood-at-8-latifundist-com.md) | +6.2% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6340183/east-coast-grain-imports-set-to-continue-into-2020/

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