USDA Export Sales Weekly Sales Totals 5/16/13

For the week ended May 9, in thousand metric tons. Net changes in commitment are gross sales, less cancellations, buy-backs and other downward adjustments. Total commitments are total export shipments plus total sales.

The marketing year for wheat began June 1, corn and soybeans Sep 1.

(1,000 metric tons) 

                                                wk's net chg in commitments       total commitments

                    Trade Estimates          this yr        next yr      this yr          last yr     

Wheat          200,000-    500,000       125.0        415.6      26,856.2      27,826.5     

Corn             200,000-    550,000      219.9          38.6       17,085.6      37,866.7

Soybeans     200,000-    600,000        15.3         346.6      36,498.0      35,100.2