Note: Quarterly estimates for stocks of barley and selected other grains and pulses held by bulk grain handlers will be published in the December 2009 issue of this publication.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
December 2009	22 January 2010
January 2010	24 February 2010
February 2010	24 March 2010
March 2010	23 April 2010
April 2010	21 May 2010
May 2010	21 June 2010

ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION

This publication provides estimates of stocks of wheat, barley, and other grains and pulses held by bulk grain handlers. These estimates are compiled from the Grain Handlers Stocks Survey (GHSS) conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

For more detailed information on wheat use and stocks, see Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia (cat. no. 7307.0).

The ABS welcomes any comments from readers regarding the usefulness, range and quality of the statistics presented in this publication. Comments can be forwarded to: Environment and Agriculture Business Statistics Centre, Australian Bureau of Statistics, GPO Box 66, Hobart TAS 7001. Alternatively, email: agriculture.statistics@abs.gov.au, or phone (03) 6222 5846.



KEY POINTS

Wheat grain stored by bulk grain handlers increased in November 2009 as the 2009 harvest continued. At the end of November 2009, Australia's bulk storage of wheat grain was estimated at 10.0 million tonnes, more than two and a half times the amount stored at the end of last month. Total milling wheat grain stored by bulk grain handlers was 8.6 million tonnes, and total feed grain stored by bulk grain handlers was 1.4 million tonnes.

STOCKS OF WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY BULK GRAIN HANDLERS, at month ending
		WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY STATE						WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY GRADE(a)
		NSW(b)	Vic.(c)	Qld	SA	WA	Aust.	Milling	Feed
		'000 t	'000 t	'000 t	'000 t	'000 t	'000 t	'000 t	'000 t
2008
	September	219	145	81	220	867	1 532	1 313	219
	December	4 492	556	1 611	1 704	6 127	14 490	12 310	2 180
2009
	March(d)	3 685	466	1 327	1 151	4 838	11 467	8 918	2 549
	April	3 412	447	1 286	879	4 084	10 108	7 799	2 309
	May	3 036	378	1 139	671	3 502	8 726	6 778	1 948
	June	2 548	302	973	519	2 656	6 998	5 416	1 582
	July	2 108	260	874	511	2 065	5 818	4 503	1 315
	August	1 730	168	690	362	1 544	4 494	3 452	1 042
	September	1 232	110	531	297	1 251	3 421	2 645	776
	October	1 470	71	1 005	256	922	3 724	3 027	697
	November	4 066	337	1 217	1 716	2 697	10 033	8 590	1 443
(a) Wheat grain is graded by quality.
(b) Includes ACT.
(c) Includes Tas.
(d) From March 2009, the Grain Handlers Stocks Survey (GHSS) has been conducted on a monthly basis. Refer to paragraph 3 in the Explanatory Notes.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.