Manufacture of a value-added product;
Potential annual market for European farmers of around 11 million tonnes of malting barley;
Around 3 million hectares of land used for growing malting barley;
Around 9 million tonnes of malt (45% of the world total) are produced annually in the EU
Malt usage represents around 20 million tonnes worldwide, 94% of which is for beer production, 4% for distillation and 2% for other food use;
EU represents more than 66% of a world trade in malt with around 2.1 million tonnes (2010) of malt exported annually;
187 maltings in EU 27 (2010).
EUROMALT STATISTICS
There are two kinds of barley: feed barley and malting barley. Barley suitable for producing malt must be of high quality and be able to germinate evenly and rapidly.
Below you will find an overview of varieties of malting barley produced in the EU:
The malting plants are generally located near to the raw material source or near to ports to facilitate export of malt and import of barley.
The global malting capacity is around 23 million tonnes, of this around 42% is located in the EU. For more details of the EU maltsters see figures below:
Export statistics:
"A certain number of EU Member States such as German, France, and Netherlands but also others export their malt via Belgian seaports. This malt may be cleared for export in Belgium and hence becomes "Belgian" malt from a statistical point of view"
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