PARIS- Farm office FranceAgriMer on Wednesday increased its forecast of French soft wheat exports outside the European Union this season to 12.4 million tonnes from 12.2 million seen in December.

That marked the fourth month in a row that the office has increased its non-EU wheat export forecast.

FranceAgriMer left unchanged its estimate of soft wheat stocks at the end of the season, at 2.4 million tonnes, as a cut to expected exports within the EU offset the increased forecast for shipments outside the bloc.

(Reporting by Gus Trompiz, editing by Sybille de La Hamaide) ((gus.trompiz@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 52 18; Reuters Messaging: gus.trompiz.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))