Corn/USDA: USA sells 820.4 thousand tons of the 2023/24 harvest in the week

By Ana Ritti, with information from Dow Jones Newswires São Paulo, 02/23/2024 - United States exporters reported sales of 820.4 thousand tons of corn from the 2023/24 harvest, including cancellations, in the week ending February 15, the United States Department of Agriculture recently reported. United States (USDA). The volume represents a 37% drop compared to the previous week and a 30% drop compared to the average of the previous four weeks. The main buyers were Mexico (341.1 thousand t), Colombia (182.8 thousand t), Japan (157.7 thousand t), Venezuela (55 thousand t) and Guatemala (41 thousand t), which compensated for the cancellations made by Canada (21.8 thousand t), Nicaragua (5.3 thousand t) and Panama (3.3 thousand t). For the 2024/25 harvest, exporters reported sales of 177.7 thousand tons, already discounting cancellations. The main buyer was Japan (186.1 thousand t), which compensated for the cancellation of Mexico (8.4 thousand t). The total volume sold, of 998.1 ...