USDA Weekly Export Sales/Shipments

In it's regular weekly statement for the period November 27-December 3 the USDA report the following:

Soybeans

Net sales of 927,700 MT were up 41 percent from the previous week, and right at the upper end of expectations for sales of 600-900,000 MT. Once again China took the lion's share at 613,700 MT. The Netherlands (130,400 MT), Japan (113,300 MT), Indonesia (72,400 MT(, Germany (65,100 MT) and Egypt (47,500 MT) were also buyers.

Shipments of of 2,067,300 MT were up 59 percent from the previous week, with almost 1.5 MMT heading to China.

Corn

Net sales of 847,700 MT were up 29 percent from the previous week and towards the upper end of expectations of 450-900,000 MT. Japan (271,000 MT), Cuba (122,800 MT), Mexico (103,600 MT), South Korea (91,700 MT), Colombia (72,000 MT), Syria (55,000 MT), and the Dominican Republic (39,800 MT) were featured buyers.

Exports of 706,500 MT were down 20 percent from the previous week. The primary destinations were Japan (188,700 MT), Mexico (183,900 MT) and South Korea (173,200 MT).

Wheat

Net sales of 245,200 MT were down 37 percent from the previous week and below expectations of 300-500,000 MT. The main buyers were Nigeria (98,300 MT) and Japan (57,900 MT).

Exports of 306,600 MT were down 20 percent from the previous week. The primary destinations were Nigeria (54,000 MT), Taiwan (50,100 MT), Japan (44,000 MT), the Dominican Republic (32,700 MT), Canada (26,000 MT) and Mexico (24,900 MT).