Global 2024/25 barley production was left virtually unchanged at 145 MMT, with reductions for the EU (-0.9 MMT to 51.9 MMT), and increase for Ukraine (+0.3 MMT to 5.3 MMT), Kazakhstan (+0.3 MMT to 3.4 MMT), russia (+0.1 MMT to 18.3 MMT).

Lower harvests resulted in downward revision of barley 2024/25 export prospect for the EU (-0.4 MMT to 6.6 MMT), while Ukrainian and Kazakh exports were upped by 0.2 MMT each to 2.4 MMT and 1.6 MMT correspondingly. The total global export is seen at 27.2 MMT, steady m/m.

For importers, only minor upward revisions were made for the EU (+0.1 MMT to 1.4 MMT) and Morocco (+0.1 MMT to 1.15 MMT).