Outbound grain amounted to 160,573 metric tons from Dec. 15 to Dec. 21, compared with 199,407 tons a week earlier, the Seine River port said in an e-mailed report today. Export cargoes included 149,383 tons of wheat.
Morocco accounted for the bulk of shipments, taking 145,938 tons of wheat, compared with 57,330 tons the previous week, as well as 5,040 tons of barley. Last week’s shipments included 48,902 tons of wheat for Cuba, compared with none in the most recent seven-day period.
Rouen accounted for 45 percent ofFrance’s maritime grain exports in 2009-10, ahead of La Pallice on the Bay of Biscay, which shipped out 19 percent, according to data from national crops office FranceAgriMer.
Rouen grain loadings by destination, in tons:
Dec. 15-21 Wheat Morocco 145,938 U.K. 1,730 Ireland 1,715 Barley Morocco 5,040 Russia 3,150 Portugal 3,000
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