date:Aug 13, 2013
f wheat in the first half of this year.
Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said it exported 426,000 tons of wheat to China in the first five months.
The China National Grain and Oils Information Center said China has placed a wheat order for 1.5 million tons from Australia in the past weeks.
The reduction of China's wheat output has offered export opportunities for major wheat producers throughout the world, said Wen Tiejun, dean of the school of agricultural econom