June 18, 2007 

China's corn exports significantly lower in May

According to the General Administration of Customs, China's corn export volume declined to just 30,000 tonnes in May, which is significantly lower than April's 578,000 tonnes and March's 1.13 million tonnes. In May 2006, China exported 16,658 tonnes of corn.

Cumulative exports of corn for the January-May period were at 3.51 million tonnes, an increase of 55.2 percent compared with same period of 2006.

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