Australia’s barley exports start 2025-26 on a high

: Agriculture
26/01/09

Australia's barley exports started the 2025-26 (November-October) marketing year on a record high, while canola exports also recovered on new crop supply, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics data.

Barley

Barley exports reached 913,000t in November 2025 — the largest volume for the month of November, according to ABS records dating back two decades.

Shipments to China represented 70pc of exports. Exports to the Middle East accounted over 20pc of shipments, including 117,000t to Saudi Arabia and 41,000t to Kuwait and the UAE.

Canola

Total exports recovered to 629,000t in November from 64,000t the month prior due to an uplift in supply from newly harvested canola crops. Around 189,000t was shipped to the UAE — the highest volume on record dating back to 2005. Stronger exports were likely driven by the tariff exemption on Australian canola imports after a free trade agreement came into effect on 1 October 2025.

Wheat

Wheat exports approached 1.1mn t in November, around the average for the previous five years. But unseasonably strong exports in October pushed up total exports for the 2025-26 (October-September) marketing year so far by 66pc from the same point last year. But it is still early in the export campaign.

Shipments to one of Australia's main export destinations for wheat, Indonesia, slumped to 89,000t — the lowest monthly total since October 2020. November shipments are typically low ahead Australia's new crop supply from December, one trader said. The drop reflected buyers switching to cheaper origins elsewhere, another trader added.

By Edward Dunlop

Australian wheat, barley and canola exports				'000t
	Nov 25	Oct 25	MY-Nov 25	MY-Nov 24
Wheat
Philippines	153	381	534	341
Yemen	106	161	266	50
Indonesia	89	315	404	369
Total	1,091	1,748	2,839	1,713
Barley
China	647	79	647	746
Saudi Arabia	117	0	117	0
Kuwait	41	0	41	0
Total	913	175	913	834
Canola
United Arab Emirates	189	0	189	54
Germany	106	0	106	310
Japan	77	57	77	8
Total	629	64	629	709
MY for wheat is Oct-Sep, barley and canola is Nov-Oct.
— ABS

Australian wheat exports ('000t)

Australian barley exports ('000t)

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