# France: Barley Export Grows In December, But Corn Export Is On The Fall

> France exported 239,400 tonnes of corn and 458,700 tonnes of barley in December 2016, with corn exports down 18.4% year on year and barley up 8%. FranceAgriMer cut its 2016/17 corn export forecast to 4.895 million tonnes and barley to 4.485 million tonnes.

- Date: 2017-02-08 · published 2017-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72432-france-barley-export-grows-in-december-but-corn-export-is-on-the-fall
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower French corn and barley export forecasts reduce EU supply available to overseas buyers, a modestly supportive factor for feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-12 | [Barley weakens, corn grows as Australia remembers the fallen - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62113-barley-weakens-corn-grows-as-australia-remembers-the-fallen-grain-central.md) | -6.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-12-20 | [Export prices for barley in Ukraine are growing, but may turn down in the second half of the season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27036-export-prices-for-barley-in-ukraine-are-growing-but-may-turn-down-in-the-second.md) | +1.5% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2026-02-20 | [Corn and Barley Prices Climb on Export Surge and Demand - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20660-corn-and-barley-prices-climb-on-export-surge-and-demand-agrolatam.md) | +1.4% | +8.9% |
| 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 | 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) | -0.2% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12143

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