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USDA: Export Sales Highlights

Wheat:  Net sales of 221,600 MT were down 14 percent from the previous week and 39 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for the Philippines (95,000 MT, including 45,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Algeria (75,000 MT), Spain (66,900 MT, switched from unknown destinations), Egypt (58,600 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 3,900 MT), Taiwan (56,500 MT), and Nigeria (27,000 MT, including 26,000 MT switched from unknown destinations).  Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (214,000 MT).  Net sales of 328,900 MT for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were primarily for Saudi Arabia (110,000 MT), Mexico (86,300 MT), unknown destinations (71,500 MT), and Venezuela (30,000 MT).  Exports of 551,200 MT were down 11 percent from the previous week and 5 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Japan (129,100 MT), Egypt (113,300 MT), Mexico (85,200 MT), Spain (66,900 MT), Iran (66,000 MT), and Nigeria (27,000 MT).

Optional Origin Sales:   For MY 2011/2012, decreases of 2,500 MT (all durum) were reported for Nigeria.

Corn:  Net sales of 224,200 MT were down 83 percent from the previous week and 72 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Japan (195,100 MT, including 87,300 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 15,900 MT), Mexico (115,100 MT, including 67,400 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 22,500 MT), South Korea (61,400 MT), Venezuela (19,000 MT, switched from Panama), Guatemala (16,700 MT, including 22,600 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 5,900 MT), and Taiwan (16,500 MT).  Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (153,000 MT), China (60,000 MT), and Panama (19,000 MT).  Net sales of 249,200 MT for the 2012/2013 marketing year were reported primarily for unknown destinations (130,000 MT) and South Korea (116,000 MT).  Exports of 696,900 MT were up 5 percent from the previous week, but down 11 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Mexico (215,500 MT), Japan (198,300 MT), Venezuela (76,000 MT), South Korea (67,500 MT), Egypt (50,400 MT), and Costa Rica (32,600 MT).

Optional Origin Sales:   For MY 2012/2013, new optional origin sales of 240,000 MT were reported for Mexico.  Outstanding optional origin sales total 570,000 MT, all Mexico.  

Barley:  Net Sales of 500 MT were reported for Taiwan.  Exports of 100 MT were reported to South Korea.

Sorghum:  Net sales of 75,200 MT--a marketing-year high--were primarily for Mexico.  Net sales of 37,400 MT for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were reported for Mexico.  Exports of 200 MT--a marketing-year low--were primarily to Mexico. 

Rice:  Net sales of 99,400 MT were up 3 percent from the previous week and 27 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Haiti (21,400 MT), Turkey (20,000 MT), Saudi Arabia (16,800 MT), Ghana (10,500 MT), and Honduras (9,100 MT).  Exports of 69,200 MT were down 47 percent from the previous week and 17 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Mexico (24,600 MT), Haiti (11,400 MT), Honduras (9,200 MT), Costa Rica (5,000 MT), and Jordan (3,800 MT).

Soybeans:  Net sales of 466,500 MT were down 22 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily for China (176,800 MT), Mexico (146,600 MT), Egypt (70,000 MT), Malaysia (29,300 MT, including 24,000 MT switched from unknown), and Tunisia (28,000 MT).  Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (43,500 MT) and Israel (14,300 MT).  Net sales of 1,360,500 MT for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were primarily for China (911,000 MT) and unknown destinations (386,500 MT).  Exports of 305,600 MT were reported primarily to China (72,400 MT), Mexico (71,700 MT), Japan (35,700 MT), Malaysia (28,600 MT), Canada (20,200 MT), and Costa Rica (18,700 MT).  

Soybean Cake and Meal:  Net sales of 138,400 MT were up noticeably from the previous week, but down 10 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases reported for Mexico (49,700 MT), the Philippines (43,500 MT), Ireland (15,000 MT), Honduras (14,200 MT), Canada (13,600 MT), and Colombia (10,600 MT), were partially offset by decreases for the Dominican Republic (21,600 MT), unknown destinations (9,300 MT), and Morocco (3,400 MT).  Net sales of 97,100 MT for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were reported primarily for Canada (82,800 MT).  Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (1,000 MT).  Exports of 145,200 MT were up 7 percent from the previous week and 2 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Peru (29,900 MT), Venezuela (26,000 MT), Canada (18,800 MT), the Dominican Republic (17,400 MT), and Egypt (13,500 MT).  

Soybean Oil:  Net sales of 30,100 MT were primarily for China (30,000 MT).  Exports of 21,400 MT were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily to Morocco (19,400 MT), Mexico (1,000 MT), and Canada (600 MT).

Cotton:  Net Upland sales of 99,400 running bales for the 2011/2012 marketing year were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average.  Increases for China (66,300 RB, including 2,200 RB switched from Vietnam and decreases of 1,400 RB), Turkey (11,700 RB), Taiwan (9,500 RB)Thailand (8,600 RB, including 800 RB switched from Japan and decreases of 3,900 RB), and South Korea (8,000 RB), were partially offset by decreases for Vietnam (8,900 RB), Guatemala (3,400 RB), and Italy (1,300 RB).  Net sales of 94,200 RB for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were primarily for China (28,500 RB), Turkey (22,800 RB), and Vietnam (15,400 RB).  Exports of 322,700 RB were up 1 percent from the previous week and 22 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were China (196,900 RB), Turkey (21,400 RB), South Korea (15,500 RB), and Mexico (14,100 RB).  Net American Pima sales of 6,500 RB were down 41 percent from the previous week, but up 54 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Pakistan (2,800 RB, including 400 RB switched from Indonesia) and China (1,800 RB).  Net sales of 2,400 RB for delivery in the 2012/2013 marketing year were reported for China.  Exports of 22,500 RB were reported to China (15,800 RB), Pakistan (3,900 RB), India (1,300 RB), and Egypt (400 RB).

Optional Origin Sales:  For MY 2011/2012, new optional origin sales of 8,800 RB were reported for Vietnam.  Options were exercised to export upland cotton to China (11,800 RB), South Korea (7,600 RB), Thailand (4,400 RB), and Indonesia (400 RB) from the United States.  Options were exercised to export to China (12,200 RB) from other than the United States.  Outstanding optional origin sales total 987,000 RB, and are for China (917,800 RB), South Korea (20,500 RB) Vietnam (34,100 RB), Thailand (9,300 RB), Turkey (4,400 RB), and Indonesia (900 RB).  For MY 2012/2013, outstanding optional origin sales total 105,200 RB, and are for China (88,000 RB), Turkey (13,200 RB), and Thailand (4,000 RB).

Exports for Own Account:  The current exports for own account balance is 88,000 RB, and is for China (83,400 RB) and Turkey (4,600 RB).

Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 310,400 pieces, all whole cattle hides, were reported for delivery in 2012, down 44 percent from the previous week and 34 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were China (172,000 pieces), South Korea (73,100 pieces), Taiwan (28,700 pieces), Mexico (14,900 pieces), and Hong Kong (9,500 pieces).  Exports of 310,100 pieces were down 33 percent from the previous week and 31 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hides exports of 306,000 pieces were primarily to China (156,400 pieces), South Korea (83,400 pieces), Mexico (19,200 pieces), Vietnam (18,200 pieces), and Taiwan (12,400 pieces).     

Net sales of 94,700 wet blues for delivery in 2012 were primarily for Mexico (37,800 grain splits and 100 unsplit), China (17,600 unsplit and 1,800 grain splits), Hong Kong (10,900 unsplit), and the Dominican Republic (9,600 grain splits).  Decreases were reported in the 2013 marketing year for South Korea (1,800 grain splits).  Exports of 121,500 hides were primarily to Mexico (25,500 grain splits and 3,100 unsplit), Italy (28,100 unsplit), China (21,800 unsplit and 1,800 grain splits), and Vietnam (21,700 unsplit).  Net sales of splits totaling 495,100 pounds were reported for Mexico (263,500 pounds), South Korea (158,300 pounds), Italy (44,500 pounds), and China (28,700 pounds).  Exports of 460,700 pounds were reported to South Korea (186,100 pounds), China (131,100 pounds), Hong Kong (100,000 pounds), and Mexico (43,500 pounds). 

Beef:  Net sales of 20,800 MT were up 24 percent from the previous week and 9 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Japan (6,000 MT), Canada (4,000 MT), Mexico (3,200 MT), Vietnam (1,900 MT), and Egypt (1,500 MT).  Exports of 17,600 MT were primarily to Mexico (3,000 MT), Japan (2,900 MT), South Korea (2,800 MT), Russia (2,400 MT), and Canada (2,100 MT).


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