January 20, 2012
Weekly grain shipments from France's Rouen rise twofold
Boosted by wheat buys by Algeria and Morocco, grain exports from France's Rouen port, Europe's biggest cereal-shipping hub, more than doubled this week until yesterday, January 19.
Outbound grain shipments were 100,570 tonnes from January 12-18, compared with 46,440 tonnes in the prior week, according to the Seine River port. Export cargoes included 88,550 tonnes of soft wheat, 8,920 tonnes of durum wheat and 3,100 tonnes of barley.
Rouen accounted for 45% of France's maritime grain exports in 2009-10, ahead of La Pallice on the Bay of Biscay, which shipped out 19%, according to figures from national crops office FranceAgriMer.
