May 11, 2007

USDA: 284,480 tonnes corn sold to Japan

The US Department of Agriculture announced Thursday (May 10) private export sales of 284,480 tonnes of US corn for delivery to Japan.

The USDA said that of that total, 113,792 tonnes are for delivery in the 2006/07 marketing year and 170,688 tonnes are for delivery in the 2007/08 marketing year.

The corn marketing year begins Sep 1.

US exporters are required to report to the USDA sales of 100,000 tonnes or more of corn made in the same day to the same destination by 3:00 pm EDT the next business day, according to the USDA.