# France raised its forecast for wheat and barley export

> FranceAgriMer raised its forecast for French soft wheat exports for the 2016/17 season to 11.075 million tonnes from 10.845 million. Barley exports are forecast at 5.187 million tonnes, while the corn export forecast was lowered to 4.6 million tonnes. France also reported its first 2017 corn sowing estimate of 1.388 million hectares, 2.3% lower than last year.

- Date: 2017-05-11 · published 2017-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70953-france-raised-its-forecast-for-wheat-and-barley-export
- 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

Higher French wheat export availability adds supply to world markets and is mildly bearish for wheat, while lower corn exports and sowing are mildly supportive for corn.

## Read by commodity

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

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| WHEAT | 2019-05-24 | [Russian grain exports forecast to rise \| 2019-05-24  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58944-russian-grain-exports-forecast-to-rise-2019-05-24-world-grain.md) | -12.2% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2025-01-21 | [Export prices for barley in Ukraine reached the level of corn and feed wheat prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26576-export-prices-for-barley-in-ukraine-reached-the-level-of-corn-and-feed-wheat.md) | -0.5% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [Barley prices in Ukraine follow wheat and corn prices up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27941-barley-prices-in-ukraine-follow-wheat-and-corn-prices-up.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2022-05-16 | [Early Export Sales Commitments and New-Crop Balance Sheets for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41352-early-export-sales-commitments-and-new-crop-balance-sheets-for-corn-soybeans.md) | +0.1% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12547

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