7307.0 - Wheat Stocks and Exports, Australia, Aug 2012 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/10/2012   
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Wheat grain committed
  • Wheat grain export commitments at the end of August were 4.1 million tonnes, a decrease of 1.1 million tonnes (or 21%) since July 2012 but were up by 338.2 ( or 9%) thousand tonnes from August 2011.
  • Wheat grain export commitments fell in all states except New South Wales (up by 18% to 494 thousand tonnes) in August 2012.
  • In Western Australia wheat grain commitments for export were down by 600.4 thousand tonnes (19%) to 2.6 million tonnes from July 2012. Western Australia's contribution accounted for 64% of the total Australian wheat export commitments.
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Annotation(s): (a) The end of September is used to represent the closing stocks of wheat grain prior to the commencement of the next harvest period (October to September).

Source(s): Wheat Stocks and Exports, Australia (cat. no. 7307.0)