Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Bi-weekly Bulletin Volume 18 Number 10

INTRODUCTION

China is the largest producer and consumer of beer and importer of malting barley in the world. Canada is one of the top exporters of malting barley to China where it competes with Australia and the European Union (EU). For 2004-05, as well as 2005-06, Canada is expected to export more than half a million tonnes of malting barley to China worth about $100 million. Over the medium term, China is expected to remain the largest and among the fastest growing malting barley markets in the world and its import demand is forecast to increase by 20% by 2010-11. However, the implementation of the Developmental Framework for China's Malting Barley Production is expected to increase the growth of domestic production in order to substitute for imports, although at a pace slower than expected in the Framework. This issue of the Bi-weekly Bulletin examines the situation and outlook for China's beer, malt and malting barley industries and the implications for Canada.

Complete report in PDF format: http://www.agr.gc.ca/mad-dam/e/bulletine/v18e/v18n10_e.pdf