December 14, 2004

Argentina's 2004-05 Wheat Sales Seen at 1.25 Million MT

As of Friday, Argentina had sold an estimated 1.25 million metric tons of 2004-05 wheat, according to the Agriculture Secretariat onMonday. By this time last year, Argentina had sold 2.515 million tons of 2003-04 wheat.

The Secretariat provided the following information for 2004-05 in metric tons by destination.

                               2004-05        2003-04

Brazil                       200,000        1,200,000

Chile                              0            150,000

Colombia                         0           150,000

United Arab Emirates      100,000        50,000

Egypt                     500,000             0

Indonesia                 100,000       740,000

Peru                       20,000        80,000

Sri Lanka                  90,000             0

South Africa              150,000        145,000

Uruguay                    10,000             0

Yemen                      80,000             0

Total                   1,250,000       2,515,000