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EXPORT SALES REPORT

FOR WEEK ENDING 11/20/97


		WeeklySales to Date
Grains		Sales	Unshipped	Total	Prev Yr
Corn		16.3	302.0		629.9	890.4
Sorghum		13.2	 43.5		 84.1	 92.9
Soybeans	25.9	243.7		559.2	504.0
All Wheat	26.8	154.7		701.2	705.3
Durum		 0.1	 10.3		 35.2	 24.1
Hard Spring	 7.0	 38.0		156.5	198.4
Hard Winter	 5.6	 57.0		244.3	213.1
Soft Red	 3.0	 21.2		136.0	127.5
White Wheat	11.1	 28.2		129.1	142.2

Other Commodities

Soybean Oil-X	 14.2	 156.0		 348.7	 249.4
Soybean Meal-X	225.6	2693.5		3615.9	2487.7
Rice-X		 37.8	 653.3		1181.3	1177.4
Cotton-Y	112.0	3616.2		5041.8	3476.4

		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	3.7		83.9

X–In 1,000 metric tons.

Y–In 1,000 bales.

Corn export sales were weaker than expected at 415,000, the lowest of the marketing year. The largest buyers were Japan, Taiwan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Soybeans sales were one-quarter above the prior week with increases for Mexico, the Netherlands, and China offset by reductions for unknown destinations. Meal sales were more than 3 times the prior week and two-thirds of the 4-week. Primary destinations of Thailand and the Netherlands. Wheat sales were 86% higher than the previous week and 96% greater than the 4- week average, but also included the “unknown” Pakistani business.

November 28, 1997 DTN Grains

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