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Australia : May wheat exports rocket to 2.09Mt

Source GRAIN CENTRAL

Posted on July 14, 2026

Australia exported 2.09 million tonnes of wheat in May, up 46% from April, led by the Philippines, Indonesia and Yemen. Despite stronger shipments, sluggish export demand lifted 2025-26 carry-out forecasts to 7.97 million tonnes, while production outlook increased to 31 million tonnes.

AUSTRALIA exported 2,086,312 tonnes of wheat, including durum, in May, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

The figure is up 46 percent from the 1,431,658t shipped in April.

In containerised exports for May, Taiwan on 24,518t, Thailand on 22,545t and Malaysia on 15,420t were the three biggest markets.

In bulk, The Philippines on 463,897t, Indonesia on 416,321t, and Yemen on 316,423t were the three biggest markets.

May saw the only cargo for the season to date of durum to Italy, which a 31,500t shipment to Algeria in March the other only bulk shipment of durum.

In its latest wheat supply-and-demand report released on Friday, Lachstock Consulting said current season export pace has continued to under-perform, a reflection of Australian wheat being uncompetitive into most homes as the Northern Hemisphere harvest nears.

“This has seen carry-out grow by 630,000t as exports are trimmed, reflecting this slower pace,” the Lachstock report said.

“Domestic consumption markets are slow, with most consumers now covered into September, and while growers are still relatively sticky, liquidity has improved and pressured market lower.”

Lachstock now puts Australia’s 2025-26 wheat carry-out at 7.97 million tonnes (Mt), compared with just 2.57Mt in 2024-25, and the highest since the record 8.93Mt in 2010-11.

Lachstock is now forecasting Australia’s new-crop production at 31Mt, up by almost 1Mt over the month due largely to improved yield prospects across southern Australia.

Lachstock early last month forecast June wheat exports at 1.87Mt.

BOXED	Mar	Apr	May	Tonnes
China	1177	2720	6617	10514
Fiji	307	0	0	307
Hong Kong	270	263	265	798
Indonesia	12653	12298	15128	40079
Japan	750	6515	0	7265
Malaysia	22792	17300	15420	55512
Myanmar	960	490	244	1693
New Caledonia	1965	1352	1409	4727
New Zealand	2244	3018	2356	7618
Papua New Guinea	352	987	332	1671
Philippines	10710	21043	14202	45956
Saudi Arabia	742	0	0	742
Singapore	917	918	501	2337
Solomon Islands	1554	1266	2372	5191
South Korea	225	200	425	850
Sri Lanka	0	1621	1007	2628
Taiwan	24121	24148	24518	72787
Thailand	29669	19848	22545	72062
UAE	550	0	0	550
UK	1494	501	1115	3109
Vietnam	13626	5313	11191	30130
DURUM
China	0	0	501	501
Taiwan	0	0	135	135
TOTAL	127078	119802	120282	367161

Table 1: Containerised Australian wheat and durum exports for March, April and May 2026. Source ABS

BULK	March	April	May	Tonnes
China	117750	123345	0	241095
Egypt	0	27270	0	27270
Fiji	44400	0	42000	86400
Indonesia	415397	257624	416321	1089341
Japan	79499	105996	40973	226468
Malaysia	62557	23683	7000	93240
Mauritius	22075	0	0	22075
Mozambique	33000	106401	8000	147401
Myanmar	58021	0	27769	85790
New Zealand	72599	93463	0	166062
Oman	0	0	29302	29302
Papua New Guinea	20000	0	53000	73000
Philippines	363146	297421	463897	1124464
Saudi Arabia	0	0	22002	22002
Singapore	0	0	19800	19800
South Africa	0	45479	42005	87484
South Korea	106590	108093	102300	316983
Qatar	41997	0	0	41997
Tanzania	55000	0	0	55000
Thailand	0	237	140550	140787
UAE	41744	20225	23462	85432
Vietnam	60609	37200	159950	257758
Yemen	210385	0	316423	526808
Zambia	33000	65421	0	98421
DURUM
Algeria	31500	0	0	31500
China	0	0	500	500
Italy	0	0	50776	50776
TOTAL	1869270	1311856	1966030	5147157