What is the price of barley in Australia?

As of January 2024, barley in Australia is US$ 0.19 per kg (0.29 AUD), sourced from FAOSTAT Producer Prices.

What is Australia's global rank in barley production?

Australia ranks #2 in barley production.

What percentage of world barley output does Australia produce?

Australia produces 9.8% of world barley output.

Barley Price in Australia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Barley Prices in Australia

US$ 0.19 / kg

0.29 AUD / kg

MoM ▲ 3.4% YoY ▲ 3.4%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (AUD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Farmgate	0.19	0.29	▲ 3.4%	▲ 3.4%	FAOSTAT Producer Prices
-	Global benchmark	0.08	0.12	▲ 0.0%	▼ 40.4%	World Bank Pink Sheet

As of June 2026, the barley price in Australia available is US$ 0.19 per kg (0.29 AUD), up 3.4% year-on-year.

Australia is a major barley exporter, ranking second globally in production with 13,265,000 tonnes in 2024, accounting for 9.8% of world output and showing a 21.0% year-on-year increase. The average farmgate price for generic barley is US$0.1907 per kg. Barley yield stands at 0.287 tonnes per hectare.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - barley in Australia

Production FAOSTAT · 2024

Australia produced 13.27 Mt of barley in 2024▲ 21% YoY. It ranks #2 among producing countries (9.8% of world output).

13.27 Mt

mi_production

4,621,000 ha

Area harvested

0.29 t/ha

Yield

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

barley is traded under Harmonized System code 1003.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; production - FAOSTAT (FAO); harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

Australia barley - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of barley shipped by Australia in 2020 was 4,277,701 metric tons. In 2019 Australia exported 2,881,134 tonnes of barley. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Australia barley (cereals/grains category) has reduced, recording a change of -52.567 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, barley's exports went down by -67.74 pc netting Australia US$726.72m for the year 2019. Australia's barley exports are classified as:

Barley (HS code 100300)
Rolled or flaked grains of barley (HS code 110411)
Barley (HS code 1003)
Barley (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100390)
Barley seed for sowing (HS code 100310)
Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked grains of barley (excluding barley flour) (HS code 110421)

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Australia barley export values

In 2019, Australia exported barley costing 726.72m USD, a drop of -47.20% from 2018's total barley export of 1376.464m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Australia barley between 2017 to 2018 was -15.321%.

The per year variation in the amount of Australia's barley exports between 2017 and 2019 was -67.74 pc in comparison to a variation of -52.567% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Australia's portion of the world's total barley's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Australia is ranked number 35 in world exports of barley.

Export markets for Australia barley ( in '000$ )

Australia's leading destinations for barley are Qatar, Kuwait, New Zealand, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea.

Import/Export Trends

Australia is a net importer of barley. The annual growth of Australia barley in value between 2015 to 2019 was 54%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.

Australia brought in 51 tonnes of barley in 2019.

Production

The production of barley in Australia was 52,913,676 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of -4.7%. The country had an estimated 26,619,528.00 hectares under barley cultivation.

Other Cereals/Grains Prices in Australia

Latest prices for other cereals/grains in Australia:

Wheat$0.21/kg Rice$0.26/kg Millet$0.49/kg Malt$0.52/kg Sorghum$0.21/kg Buckwheet$1.21/kg Rye$0.75/kg Wheat berries$0.26/kg Amaranth$0.52/kg Buckwheat$1.21/kg Fonio$0.52/kg Brown rice$0.98/kg Farro$0.52/kg Teff$0.52/kg Maize$0.35/kg

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