Grain exports from the French port of Rouen totalled 381,200 tonnes in February, including 329,116 tonnes of wheat and 52,084 of barley, port officials said on Tuesday. That compared with total grain exports of 416,000 tonnes in February last year, comprising 348,000 tonnes of wheat, 66,000 tonnes of barley and 2,000 tonnes of maize. Officials said four vessels were in port on Tuesday loading 80,000 tonnes of wheat for Algeria, Egypt and West Africa plus 25,000 tonnes of barley for Tunisia.
Today three vessels were expected to load 97,000 tonnes of wheat for unspecified destinations.