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EXPORT SALES REPORT
FOR WEEK ENDING 11/13/97
Weekly Sales to Date Grains Sales Unshipped Total Prev Yr Corn 47.1 307.4 615.4 867.5 Sorghum 1.2 33.1 71.3 87.2 Soybeans 20.8 260.8 533.3 476.3 All Wheat 14.4 145.9 674.4 696.8 Durum 1.2 11.8 35.1 23.4 Hard Spring 3.9 35.6 149.5 194.6 Hard Winter 5.4 59.4 238.7 210.7 Soft Red 2.6 18.5 133.0 127.5 White Wheat 1.3 20.8 118.0 140.5 Other Commodities Soybean Oil-X 63.6 167.3 334.4 234.8 Soybean Meal-X 71.2 2783.0 3390.3 2410.8 Rice-X 37.0 650.4 1143.5 1053.3 Cotton-Y 252.1 3644.6 4929.9 3359.0 Weekly New Total New Grains Crop Sales Crop Sales Corn 0.0 0.0 Sorghum 0.0 0.0 Soybeans 0.0 0.0 All Wheat 0.0 0.9 Durum 0.0 0.0 Hard Spring 0.0 0.6 Hard Winter 0.0 0.1 Soft Red 0.0 0.2 White Wheat 0.0 0.0 Other Commodities Soybean Oil-X 0.0 0.0 Soybean Meal-X 0.0 0.0 Rice-X 0.0 0.0 Cotton-Y 1.88 0.2X–In 1,000 metric tons.
Y–In 1,000 bales.
Corn exports were even stronger than expected, at 1.2 mmt, 47 million bushels. Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, and Egypt were the largest buyers. Soybean sales dropped from last week, but were above the 4-week average, with reductions of 16.5 mbu. in the “unknown” category paring back net sales to Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and China. Meal sales were the worst of the marketing year, including cancels of 45,100 MT. Wheat bookings were as expected, just 2% off of the 4-week average. Iraq, South Korea, Egypt, and Sri Lanka were the largest buyers. Soy oil sales included 47,000 tonnes to China; 12,500 to Hong Kong.
November 20, 1997DTN Grains
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