December 16, 2009
Corn imports in South Korea decline again
South Korea, the world's third-largest corn buyer, reduced Jan-Nov corn imports by 19% from a year earlier to 6.6 million tonnes.
Corn imports for feed production, which account for around 80 percent of the total, dropped 23% to 5.31 million tonnes, according to customs data on Tuesday (Dec 15).
Imports of food-grade corn increased 1% to 1.33 million tonnes.
| Details are as follows: | |||
|
Corn imports for feed production (in tonnes) | |||
|
　 |
Jan-Nov 2009 |
Jan-Nov 2008 |
2008 |
|
United States |
4,411,940 |
6,647,142 |
7,169,350 |
|
Brazil |
607,279 |
- |
11,697 |
|
Argentine |
167,329 |
- |
- |
|
Ukraine |
125,786 |
- |
- |
|
China |
936.00 |
28,969 |
28,969 |
|
India |
259.00 |
256,379 |
258,477 |
|
Cambodia |
10.00 |
- |
- |
|
Japan |
5.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
|
Philippines |
1.00 |
- |
- |
|
Belgium |
- |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Indonesia |
- |
- |
18.00 |
|
Myanmar |
- |
20.00 |
20.00 |
|
Vietnam |
- |
107.00 |
107.00 |
|
TOTAL |
5,313,545 |
6,932,621 |
7,468,642 |
