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EXPORT SALES REPORT
FOR WEEK ENDING 10/9/97
Weekly Sales to Date Grains Sales Unshipped Total Prev Yr Corn 25.0 286.6 461.6 717.4 Sorghum 4.9 25.7 48.5 75.8 Soybeans 29.7 393.9 446.7 298.7 All Wheat 15.0 168.5 600.9 630.1 Durum 1.2 14.5 32.0 20.8 Hard Spring 3.5 38.5 130.9 170.6 Hard Winter 4.8 65.3 213.4 200.4 Soft Red 2.1 21.0 121.5 125.2 White Wheat 3.3 29.5 103.1 113.1 Other Commodities Soybean Oil-X 8.0 205.8 213.3 50.7 Soybean Meal-X 156.3 2699.8 2756.8 1381.3 Rice-X 88.4 503.4 733.4 741.3 Cotton-Y 223.1 3155.0 3962.8 2481.4 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 0.0 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 2.5 72.9
X"In 1,000 metric tons.
Y"In 1,000 bales.
Wheat export sales were even lower than expected. The main buyers were Jamaica, Japan, Yemen and Nicaragua. Corn bookings were in the middle of expectations at 25 mbu., up 33% from last week, but 19% below the 4-week average. Japan, Mexico and Egypt were the largest buyers. There was a cancel by “unknown” of 5.2 mbu. Soybean sales were off 7%, with Taiwan, Japan, and the Netherlands the big buyers. Meal sales were also strong, to Canada, France, Algeria and Saudi Arabia. Soy oil bookings were a poor 8,000 tons, when 20-40,000 were expected. “Unknown” bought 7,000.
October 15, 1997DTN Grains
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