June 11, 2007

 

Argentina's 2006/07 corn sales at 13.5 million tonnes

 

 

As of June 8, Argentina had sold 13.5 million tonnes of 2006/07 (March-February) corn for export, unchanged from two weeks earlier, the Agriculture Secretariat said Friday.

 

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

 

Last month, 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 5.32 million tonnes of 2005/06 corn.

 

Each figure represents thousands of tonnes sold.

 

                           2006/07    2005/06

 Malaysia                 1,460         810

 Algeria                   1,185         500

 Egypt                     1,170         350

 Chile                        905          540

 Spain                       900           40

 Peru                        845          420

 Saudi Arabia            740          200

 Morocco                   735          120

 Brazil                       690            0

 Portugal                   610          40

 South Africa             515         500

 Japan                      475             0

 Indonesia                 420         150

 Tunisia                     420            0

 Holland                    300          30

 United Arab Emirates 200        100

 Jordan                     200         100

 Yemen                      200          20

 Philippines                190         200

 Turkey                      185           0

 Taiwan                      130           0

 Colombia                  120         150

 United Kingdom         100          50

 Uruguay                    100          30

 Vietnam                    100          80

 Israel                         70           0

 South Korea                60           0

 Libya                          15           0

 Thailand                     15            0

 Other Countries        450         890

 

 Total                   13,505       5,320