PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Soft wheat exports from the European Union in the 2021/22 season that started in July are running ahead of the previous season despite some French volumes missing from the total, data published by the European Commission showed on Tuesday. By Nov. 21, EU soft wheat exports had reached 10.27 million tonnes, up from 9.88 million tonnes by the same week in 2020/21, according to the data, which the Commission said was only complete for France up to July 2021. The Commission recorded nearly 823,000 tonnes of French soft wheat exports so far this season. Port data compiled by Refinitiv, however, shows France had shipped 3.2 million tonnes of soft wheat outside the European Union as of Monday. In barley, EU data showed 2021/22 exports at 3.10 million tonnes, against 3.24 million a year ago, including nearly 725,000 tonnes for France. Refinitiv data pegged French non-EU exports by Nov. 22 at 2.16 million tonnes. The incomplete French data in the Commission"s reports is due to a technical problem at France"s customs service. EU maize imports were at 4.79 million tonnes, against 6.90 million a year ago, the Commission data showed. Reporting by Gus Trompiz and Sybille de La Hamaide Editing by Mark Potter