October 15, 2004
USDA 2004-05 Soybean Meal Trade Projections
In Wednesday's "USDA 2004-05 Soymeal Trade Projections", the data for Rep. of Korea and Indonesia was incorrectly reported by the US Department of Agriculture. Following is a corrected version. (c)-corrected by USDA.
For Oct-Sep market year, unless otherwise noted. 1/ Sep-Aug; 2/ Nov-Oct; 3/ Jan-Dec; 4/ Jun-Jul; 5/ Aug-Jul; 6/ an aggregate of individual market years. Data in 1,000 metric tons.
Source: Foreign Agriculture Service, Oilseeds: Markets and Trade Report.
--% change--
04/05- 03/04-
2004/05 2003/04 2002/03 03/04 02/03
-EXPORTERS-
US 4,899 3,901 5,461 25.6 -28.6
Brazil 16,940 14,940 13,750 13.4 8.7
Argentina 20,210 19,711 18,461 2.5 6.8
EU-25 308 301 346 2.3 -13.0
India 2,500 3,350 1,225 -25.4 173.5
Paraguay 1,070 917 833 16.7 10.1
Other 6/ 2,265 2,001 2,099 13.2 -4.7
WORLD TOTAL 6/ 48,192 45,121 42,175 6.8 7.0
-SELECTED IMPORTERS-
EU-25 24,500 23,600 21,642 3.8 9.0
FSU-12 610 523 452 16.6 15.7
Russia 380 325 280 16.9 16.1
Ukraine 110 85 80 29.4 6.3
Oth Europe 750 700 669 7.1 4.6
Asia 8,769 8,658 9,159 1.3 -5.5
China 30 20 0 50.0 NA
Japan 1,300 1,200 1,073 8.3 11.8
Taiwan 25 80 18 -68.8 344.4
Rep of Korea 2/ 1,420(c) 1,320(c) 1,497(c) 7.6 -11.8
Indonesia 1,400(c) 1,300(c) 1,500(c) 7.7 -13.3
Thailand 1,300 1,650 1,900 -21.2 -13.2
Malaysia 650 600 445 8.3 34.8
Philippines 3/ 1,250 1,200 1,433 4.2 -16.3
India 0 0 0 NA NA
Pakistan 100 100 70 0.0 42.9
Mid-East/N Afric 6,150 5,790 5,256 6.2 10.2
Israel 90 90 65 0.0 38.5
Iran 725 750 550 -3.3 36.4
Egypt 1,600 1,410 1,300 13.5 8.5
Morocco 130 135 110 -3.7 22.7
Tunisia 375 360 330 4.2 9.1
Algeria 3/ 510 440 425 15.9 3.5
Turkey 2/ 470 450 459 4.4 -2.0
Other Africa 6/ 629 613 592 2.6 3.5
S Africa 4/ 540 540 530 0.0 1.9
Latin America 6/ 4,998 4,852 4,400 3.0 10.3
Mexico 1/ 775 750 621 3.3 20.8
Venezuela 730 700 512 4.3 36.7
Canada 5/ 1,000 1,040 1,050 -3.8 -1.0
Other 6/ 680 707 591 -3.8 19.6
WORLD TOTAL 6/ 48,086 46,483 43,811 3.4 6.1










