U.S. Export Statistics
Corn: Net sales for the 2014/15 marketing year, which began September 1, totaled 563,200 MT. Increases reported for Mexico (127,100 MT), Japan (108,400 MT, including 57,900 MT switched from unknown destinations and decrease of 82,300 MT), unknown destinations (80,700 MT), South Korea (68,100 MT, including 63,000 MT switched from unknown destinations) and Costa Rica (52,700 MT), were partially offset by decreases for Colombia (22,900 MT) and Guatemala (12,700 MT). A total of 1,341,400 MT in sales were carried over from the 2013/14 marketing year, which ended August 31. Exports for the period ending August 31 of 507,500 MT brought accumulated exports to 47,375,100 MT, up noticeably from the prior year’s total of 18,044,200 MT. The primary destinations were Japan (244,200 MT), Mexico (119,500 MT), Saudi Arabia (71,500 MT), Honduras (31,800 MT) and Colombia (19,900 MT). Exports for September 1-4 totaled 695,500 MT, with Mexico (196,700 MT), Japan (142,900 MT), South Korea (133,100 MT), Spain (66,000 MT) and El Salvador (28,600 MT) being the primary destinations.
Barley: Net sales of 500 MT for 2014/15 were reported for Taiwan. Net sales of 25,000 MT for 2015/2016 were reported for unknown destinations. Exports of 600 MT were reported to Taiwan (500 MT) and South Korea (100 MT).
Sorghum: Net sales for the 2014/15 marketing year, which began September 1, totaled 208,300 MT. Increases were primarily reported for China (193,000 MT) and Japan (15,200 MT). A total of 362,900 MT in sales were carried over from the 2013/14 marketing year, which ended August 31. Exports for the period ending August 31 of 64,500 MT, all China, brought accumulated exports to 4,700,800 MT, up noticeably from the prior year’s total of 1,340,900 MT.
