Weekly		Sales to Date
Grains		Sales	Unshipped	Total	Prev Yr
Corn		27.6	297.8		657.5	899.4
Sorghum		 3.3	 44.2		 87.4	 97.7
Soybeans	13.3	231.7		572.5	523.6

All Wheat	18.1	155.0		719.2	708.3
Durum		 0.4	  7.9		 35.6	 24.9
Hard Spring	 2.8	 37.1		159.3	199.4
Hard Winter	 5.6	 59.2		249.9	213.5
Soft Red	—1.5	 16.2		134.5	127.4
White Wheat	10.8	 34.6		139.9	143.1
Other Commodities
Soybean Oil-X	 15.2	 148.9		 363.9	 264.8
Soybean Meal-X	171.2	2728.9		3787.1	2476.5
Rice-X		 13.7	 623.2		1195.1	1231.2
Cotton-Y	 77.6	3566.9		5119.4	3530.0

		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	2.0		 2.9

Durum		0.0		 0.0
Hard Spring	2.0		 2.6
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	1.5		85.4

X–In 1,000 metric tons.

Y–In 1,000 bales.

Corn export sales were 69% above the previous week, but 16% off the 4-week average. Primary purchasers Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia. A decrease of 107,300 MT reported for “unknown” destinations. Soybean sales were weaker than expected at 1/2 off the prior week and 39% from the 4-week. Increases for Spain, Mexico, China, Brazil and Egypt were offset by reductions for “unknown” destinations and Taiwan. Major increases in net sales of wheat to Pakistan, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, and Mexico offset by decrease in “unknown” and Venezuela. Optional origins of 55,000 MT for Egypt were declared U.S.

December 4, 1997 DTN Grains

Statistics

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12/02 REDBOOK RETAIL AVERAGES Retail Sales Index

12/04 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

12/01 U.S. EXPORT INSPECTIONS

12/04 EXPORT SALES REPORT

12/01 NAPM REPORT ON BUSINESS

12/02 COMPOSITE INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING OCTOBER 1997

12/02 OUTLOOK FOR U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

12/01 OCTOBER 1997 CONSTRUCTION AT $605.5 BILLION ANNUAL RATE

12/04 HOUSING COMPLETIONS SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

12/03 OCTOBER 1997 NEW HOUSING SALES AT ANNUAL RATE OF 797,000

12/04 PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 1997

12/05 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION NOVEMBER 1997

12/05 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS INVENTORIES AND ORDERS OCTOBER 1997

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