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EXPORT SALES REPORT

FOR WEEK ENDING 10/23/97


		Weekly			Sales to Date
Grains		Sales		Unshipped	Total	Prev Yr

Corn		 18.5		280.3		500.5	756.4
Sorghum		  5.3		 30.7		 58.7	 79.8
Soybeans	 16.1		326.9		472.3	379.7
All Wheat	 16.8		162.2		636.6	654.5
  Durum		  0.1		 12.1		 33.1	 21.2
  Hard Spring	  3.1		 38.5		139.3	179.4
  Hard Winter	  7.5		 66.5		226.4	208.1
  Soft Red	 —1.5		 14.1		122.7	125.3
  White Wheat	  7.7		 30.9		115.1	120.6

Other Commodities

Soybean Oil-X	 21.6		 210.6		 237.9	 133.3
Soybean Meal-X	170.3		2790.1		3020.1	1879.4
Rice-X		 58.0		 533.4		 861.7	 836.0
Cotton-Y	265.0		3475.4		4414.9	2964.0


			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		0.0
Durum			0.0		0.0
Hard Spring		0.0		0.0
Hard Winter		0.0		0.0
Soft Red		0.0		0.0
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		4.1		76.9

X"In 1,000 metric tons.

Y"In 1,000 bales.

Corn bookings were 10% below last week. Japan and Egypt were the big buyers, with a 1.8 mbu. cancellation trimming net sales. Meal sales were above the top prediction of 150,000. Soybean sales to Mexico, Netherlands, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Brazil were offset by a reduction in “unknown destinations” of 14 mill. bushels. Wheat sales were off 11% from last week. Major buyers were Pakistan, Egypt, Japan, and Mexico.

October 30, 1997 DTN Grains

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