Upward pace maintained in global flour exports

摘要

LONDON — In its latest quarterly update of prospects for world flour exports in 2014-15, the International Grains Council maintained its second annual increase. The Council placed prospective flour trade in the current crop year at 13,270,000 tonnesin wheat equivalent, up 120,000 from the initial forecast for 2014-15. At the indicated level, global flour trade would be up 6% from 12,560,000 tonnes shipped in 2013-14 and 9% above the 12,180,000 tonnes exported in 2012-13. Even with the two seasons of gains, flour trade still fell short of the record volume of 14,560,000 tonnes shipped in 2011-12.