The European Union issued export licenses for 408,756 metric tons of soft wheat in the week ended Sept. 11, climbing 29 percent from the previous seven-day period, data from the bloc published online today showed.

Barley export licenses in the week more than tripled to 205,895 tons. Soft-wheat export licenses since July 2 total 2.54 million tons, while those for barley amount to 1.65 million tons, the data showed.

Export licenses, weekly total
Week ended         Sept. 11        Sept. 4        Aug. 28
Soft wheat          408,756        317,685        368,273
Durum                16,750          7,635          5,220
Barley              205,895         62,265        189,682
Corn                  3,178          3,774         13,341

Export licenses, cumulative since July 2
                   Sept. 11        Sept. 4        Aug. 28
Soft wheat        2,536,674      2,127,918      1,810,233
Durum               109,483         92,733         85,098
Barley            1,654,816      1,448,921      1,386,656
Corn                174,303        171,125        167,351

NOTE: Figures are in metric tons.

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