# Australia details year's sorghum, record barley shipments

> Australia exported 386,069 tonnes of barley and 108,940 tonnes of sorghum in September, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data. China took about 96% of feed barley, 92% of malting barley and 95% of sorghum exports that month. Barley exports for the shipping year totalled a record 11.48 million tonnes.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T09:05:53.440Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97452-australia-details-year-s-sorghum-record-barley-shipments
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Export stocks are being run down while China's front-end demand remains soft, which limits Australian barley and sorghum supply into the new crop year. Feed grain buyers should expect new-crop shipments to pick up from November, which could ease prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/australia-details-years-sorghum-record-barley-shipments/

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