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EXPORT SALES REPORT

FOR WEEK ENDING 10/2/97


			Weekly		Sales to Date
Grains			Sales	Unshipped	Total	Prev Yr
Corn			19.0	294.7		436.5	683.7
Sorghum			 2.0	 28.0		 43.6	 74.5
Soybeans		32.0	381.0		417.0	255.9
All Wheat		30.1	171.9		586.6	603.2
Durum			 0.2	 14.8		 30.8	 20.5
Hard Spring		 8.6	 37.5		127.4	158.6
Hard Winter		 6.4	 64.1		209.2	193.8
Soft Red		 4.6	 28.1		119.4	124.9
White Wheat		10.2	 27.5		 99.8	105.5

Other Commodities

Soybean Oil-X		 88.2	 205.3		 205.4	  38.4
Soybean Meal-X		505.8	2596.4		2600.6	1150.1
Rice-X			 53.4	 431.0		 644.9	 712.8
Cotton-Y		280.1	3014.1		3739.7	2407.1

				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			0.0		70.4

X"In 1,000 metric tons.

Y"In 1,000 bales.

Soybean bookings were strong, as expected, but down 38% from last week. “Unknown” was the big buyer, at 9.77 mbu. Oil sales were on the high end of trade estimates, but new bookings were 42,000 tonnes, with the balance being rollover. Meal bookings were also solid, and include 93,500 MT that were unshipped at the end of last year. Corn export bookings were well below trade estimates, with Japan and Taiwan the main buyers.

October 9, 1997 DTN Grains

Statistics
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REDBOOK RETAIL AVERAGES | PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES SEPTEMBER 1997
CROP PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS & SUMMARY | USDA U.S. SUPPLY/DEMAND PROJECTIONS
COTTON GINNINGS | THE LESLIE ADM INVESTOR SERVICES CROP SURVEY
EXPORT SALES REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/2/97
MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE SALES AND INVENTORIES AUGUST 1997
Consensus National Futures and Financial On Line Index

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