November 30, 2004

Argentina's 2004-05 Wheat Sales Seen at 1.1 Million MT

As of Friday, Argentina had sold an estimated 1.105 million metric tons of 2004-05 wheat, the Agriculture Secretariat reported Monday. By this time last year, Argentina had sold 1.54 million tons of 2002-03 wheat.

The Secretariat provided the following information for 2003-04 in metric tons by destination.

                          2003-04       2002-03

Brazil                    200,000       700,000

Chile                           0        25,000

Colombia                        0        50,000

United Arab Emirates      100,000             0

Egypt                     500,000             0

Indonesia                  45,000       740,000

Peru                       20,000             0

Sri Lanka                  70,000             0

South Africa              100,000        25,000

Uruguay                    10,000             0

Yemen                      60,000             0

Total                   1,105,000     1,540,000