North Asia market support

North Asia market support

This project aims to preserve Australia’s share of Japan and Korea’s premium noodle markets while also servicing Taiwan’s smaller, but historically stable market. Engagement with these markets focuses on addressing the stability in supply and quality of noodle blends, maintaining Australia’s good reputation as a wheat supplier, and increasing the understanding of the value of Australian wheat.

Australian wheat breeders support AEGIC in these markets to ensure a high degree of cooperation. There is an opportunity to include other grains, in particular malting and feed barley and oats.

AEGIC convenes an expert panel biennially with the Japan Flour Millers Association (JFMA) to conduct udon noodle sensory evaluations. This supports Grains Australia’s decision-making process for breeding and classification.

Completed (April-June 2025)

• In June 2025, we hosted Australian wheat quality seminars in:
  • Taipei: 9 June
  • Tokyo: 17 June (supported by Grains Australia, AGT and InterGrain)
  • Seoul: 23 June (supported by AGT and InterGrain)
• In Tokyo in June, we hosted joint AEGIC–JFMA sensory evaluation of the latest udon varieties. We also conducted further sensory evaluation of the colour preferences for udon noodles, supported by Grains Australia.

Scheduled (July-September 2025)

• The next visiting JFMA sensory noodle exert is planned for October 2025.

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