October 1, 2007

Argentina 2006/07 corn sales at 13.5 million tonnes as of September 28

Argentina had sold 13.5 million tonnes of 2006/07 (March-February) corn for export since September 28, unchanged since June, the Agriculture Secretariat said Friday (September 28).

In November 2006, the government froze the export registry in the face of soaring export declarations.

In June, the Agriculture Secretariat announced the reopening of the corn export registry for 3 million tonnes, but the quota was filled within a week.

By this time last year, Argentina had sold 7.655 million tonnes of 2005/06 corn.

There has been no export commitments reported for the 2007/08 crop due to the registry closure.