November 12, 2007

China's October corn exports soars to 210,000 tonnes

China exported 210,000 tonnes of corn in October, preliminary data provided by the General Administration of Customs showed Monday, sharply up from 73,467 tonnes during the same period of last year.

Corn exports in the first 10 months totaled 4.75 million tonnes, double the 2.37 million tonnes last year, according to the data.