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Manufacture of a value-added product;
- Potential annual market for European farmers of around 11 million tonnes of malting barley;
- 3 300 000 hectares of land used for growing malting barley;
- Around 8.8 million tonnes of malt (42% of the world total) are produced annually in the EU
- Malt usage represents 22 million tonnes worldwide, 94% of which is for beer production, 4% for distillation and 2% for other food use;
- EU represents more than 55% of a growing world trade in malt, with around 2.5 mt (2006) of malt exported annually;
- 161 (2007) maltings (EU 27)
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 and import of malt and barley.
The global malting capacity is around 22 million tonnes, of this around 40 % is located in the EU. For more details of the EU maltsters see figures below:
Export statistics:
- Exports 2001-2006 by destination
- Top 10 of EU malt export destinations: 2006; 2005- 2004
- Intra-EU trade 2004-2006
(The figures only cover exports of unroasted malt, excluding wheat and roasted malt. If malt is customs cleared in Country A, but leaves the Customs territory through Country B, then the figures is taken up in the Country A and not in the Country B statistics Time of export occurrence is the time of customs clearance - not the time of actual departure of the ship)
For a detailed overview on malt trade flows see "Malteurs de France" : Qualité des orges 2006
For a complete overview of the malting industry we recommend you to read Rabobank's publication ‘The global malting industry - a changing industry structure, driving by emerging beer markets'. Another note released in June 2007 in called "Soaring malting barley and malt prices. What are the consequences for the malting and beer industry?" To obtain a copy, contact Marieke de Rijke .
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