April 18, 2008

USDA reports corn shipments to Mexico and Japan

The USDA announced Thursday private export sales of 110,400 tonnes of US corn for delivery to Mexico and 170,688 tonnes for Japan in the 2007-08 marketing year.

The corn marketing year began September 1.

US exporters are required to report to the USDA sales of 100,000 tonnes or more corn made in the same day to the same destination by 3 p.m. EDT the next business day, according to the USDA.