French Wheat and Grain Prospective

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1 19th annual IAOM Mideast and Africa District Conférence Arusha, Tanzania, November Trading Séminar French Wheat and Grain Prospective François GATEL V. Van Gogh : Champs de blés à Auvers ciel nuageux

2 French Wheat Production

3 Figures about France An Atlantic Climate Average temperature : 12.5 C Average rainfall : 750 mm Importance of wheat Overall area : 55 Mons ha Agricultural area : 27 Mons ha Wheat area : 4.9 Mons ha (ONIGC : Average of 5 harvesting years 2004 to 2008)

4 French wheat production French wheat is mostly medium hard red winter wheat Sown in autumn (October November) & harvested in summer (July August) Average yield : 7.2 t/ha (ONIGC : average of 5 harvesting years : 2004 to 2008) Areas for production of wheat (ONIGC)

5 France : the fifth wheat producing country in the world Others 34% France 6% Russia 7% USA 9% India 12% EU without France 16% China 16% IGC Average of 5 marketing years : 2003/2004 to 2007/2008

6 Wheat suitable for bread making dominate Superior bread making varieties Standard Bread making varieties Other varieties ONIGC

7 Most of French wheat is medium hard Proportion of French wheat 100 Hardness HRW SRW Soft + medium-soft Hard + medium hard mean ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

8 French wheat quality (2008 crop) V. Van Gogh : Les Vassenots près d Auvers

9 Test Weight 2008 Average = 77.8 kg/hl 30% 32% 20% 14% 5% < >80 ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

10 Falling Number 72% 25% 3% < 220 s s 300 s ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

11 Protein Content 2008 Average = 11.5% 49% 26% 21% 4% <11% % % >13% ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

12 Baking Strength W Chopin Alveograph 44% 2008 Average = % 8% 5% 6% < >260 ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

13 Configuration ratio P/L 52% 2008 Average = % 8% 8% 7% < >1 ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

14 Characteristics of French Wheat Minimum Average ( ) Maximum 2008 Protein content (% MS) Moisture (%) Test weight (Kg/hl) Baking strength W (10-4 J) Configuration ratio (P/L) Wet gluten (%) Gluten index (%) Zeleny Index (ml) ONIGC / ARVALIS Institut du végétal

15 French Wheat Utilizations

16 French wheat utilizations ONIGC Average of 5 marketing years : 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 Others domestic uses 13% EU exports 25% Exports outside Europe 17% 33.6 Mt Milling Industry 12% Feed use 30% Flour exports 3%

17 France : the 2 nd or 3 rd largest world exporter of wheat (World exchanges + exchanges inside EU) Average of 5 marketing years : 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 IGC, Tallage Stratégie Grain, ONIGC Ukrainia 3% Kazakhstan 3% UK 2% Russia 7% Germany 4% USA 24% Argentina 9% Others 10% Canada 11% Australia 13% 13% France

18 Main destinations of French wheat ONIGC Average of 5 marketing years : 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 Tunisia 0.16* Algeria 1.73* Morocco 0.82* Egypt 0.79* West Africa 1.35* Yemen 0.12* Mauricius 0.08* *Millions t

19 2008 Forecasted utilizations Million t. Million t. Import 0,1 0,2 0,2 5,1 Milling 29,6 Crop collected 27,2 33,2 4,9 2,85 6,1 0,1 5 2,7 4,8 0,6 2,65 5,6 0,9 7,3 Starch Feed Bio Fuels Grain export inside EU 8,4 7,3 8,5 Grain export outside EU Initial stock 2,8 2,6 2,7 5,5 0,79 2,5 4,9 0,85 2,7 0,85 4 Flour export Final stock ONIGC Oct. 2008

20 Conclusions 37 Mont t wheat cropped in 2008 A good milling and baking quality 8 to 10 Mons t available for export outside EU Suitable for a great variety of bakery products

21 Thank you for your attention V. Van Gogh : Les blés jaunes