# Focus on France | World-grain.com | December 18, 2017 21:34 | World Grain

> The IGC puts 2017-18 French grain production at 68.2 million tonnes, up from 53.9 million, with wheat at 40 million tonnes and barley at 12.3 million. FranceAgriMer forecasts French common wheat exports at 18.75 million tonnes, sharply above the prior year's 11.75 million.

- Date: 2017-12-18 · published 2017-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67427-focus-on-france-world-grain-com-december-18-2017-21-34-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A much larger French crop and strong export forecast add supply to world wheat and barley markets, which is bearish for feed grain prices in importing regions.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-08 | [E.U. grain crop revised up for 2017-18 \| World-grain.com \| December 08, 2017 15:03 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67428-e-u-grain-crop-revised-up-for-2017-18-world-grain-com-december-08-2017-15-03.md) | -3.7% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-15 | [Focus on Canada \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40455-focus-on-canada-world-grain.md) | +8.2% | +8.9% |
| WHEAT | 2016-11-10 | [Wheat \| World-grain.com \| November 10, 2016 20:14 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73889-wheat-world-grain-com-november-10-2016-20-14-world-grain.md) | +1.5% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-17 | [Focus on Saudi Arabia \| 2020-03-17  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54206-focus-on-saudi-arabia-2020-03-17-world-grain.md) | -5.6% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-13 | [USDA bumps U.S. wheat, soybean carryover \| World-grain.com \| December 13, 2017 13:57 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67418-usda-bumps-u-s-wheat-soybean-carryover-world-grain-com-december-13-2017-13-57.md) | +1.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2022-07-15 | [Focus on Canada \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40455-focus-on-canada-world-grain.md) | -10.7% | -8.4% |
| CORN | 2024-07-18 | [Focus on Mexico \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29237-focus-on-mexico-world-grain.md) | +2.4% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2020-08-03 | [Focus on Mexico \| 2020-08-03  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51586-focus-on-mexico-2020-08-03-world-grain.md) | -1.4% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/10292-focus-on-france

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