U.S. EXPORT STATISTICS
Corn: Net sales of 1,850,600 MT for 2017/2018 were up 28 percent from the previous week and 93 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for unknown destinations (484,900 MT), Mexico (315,900 MT, including decreases of 9,500 MT), Japan (290,900 MT, including 68,400 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 2,200 MT), Colombia (197,700 MT, including 117,600 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 900 MT), South Korea (132,100 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), and Egypt (115,000 MT). Reductions were reported for China (100 MT). For 2018/2019, net sales of 31,000 MT were for Mexico (22,900 MT) and El Salvador (8,100 MT). Exports of 1,046,100–a marketing-year high–were up 75 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (333,300 MT), Colombia (201,800 MT), Mexico (186,300 MT), South Korea (63,100 MT), and Morocco (60,600 MT).
Optional Origin Sales: For 2017/2018, new optional origin sales of 55,000 MT were reported for Vietnam. The current optional origin outstanding balance of 724,500 MT is for South Korea (342,000 MT), unknown destinations (261,500 MT), and Vietnam (121,000 MT).
Barley: No net sales were reported for the week. Exports of 600 MT were reported to Japan.
Sorghum: Net sales of 242,400 MT for 2017/2018 were up 46 percent from the previous week and 65 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for China (305,300 MT, including 132,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 8,400 MT) and Japan (11,200 MT). Reductions totaling 74,000 MT were reported for unknown destinations. Exports of 246,900 MT were up 13 percent from the previous week and up noticeably from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were China (236,000 MT), Japan (10,700 MT), and Mexico (200 MT).
