U.S. Export Statistics
Due to the Tuesday, July 4 holiday, weekly U.S. export sales will be published on Friday, July 7. Updated U.S. export sales will be published in the July 13 edition of Market Perspectives.
Corn: Net sales of 316,200 MT for 2016/2017 were down 40 percent from the previous week and 33 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for Mexico (144,900 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 7,900 MT), Japan (106,600 MT, including 92,700 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 800 MT), China (58,200 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,800 MT), Guatemala (28,900 MT), and Ireland (19,600 MT, including 20,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 400 MT). Reductions were reported for unknown destinations (107,000 MT), El Salvador (15,000 MT), and South Korea (2,900 MT). For 2017/2018, net sales of 68,400 MT were reported for unknown destinations (51,400 MT), Mexico (11,000 MT), and Trinidad (6,000 MT). Exports of 1,020,800 MT were down 16 percent from the previous week and 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were Mexico (384,700 MT), Japan (199,200 MT), South Korea (197,100 MT), China (59,100 MT), and Colombia (52,800 MT).
Optional Origin Sales: The current optional outstanding balance for 2016/2017 of 122,000 MT is for South Korea (68,000 MT) and unknown destinations (54,000 MT). The current outstanding balance for 2017/2018 of 112,000 MT is for unknown destinations.
Barley: No net sales were reported for the week. Exports of 1,700 MT were reported to Japan (1,500 MT) and Taiwan (200 MT).
Sorghum: Net sales of 2,000 MT for 2016/2017 were reported for China. Exports of 74,800 MT were up 17 percent from the previous week and 9 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were China (62,000 MT), Japan (8,800 MT), and Mexico (4,000 MT).
