https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/column-corn-market-bulls-await-bump-in-u.s.-
FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 29 (Reuters) - The rapid increase in feed demand from China that began last year has been a big part of why Chicago corn futures are at multiyear highs, though a little more follow-through for U.S. exports would go a long way in confirming the storyline.
China had not been a major corn importer for several years, but domestic corn prices began rising in early 2020, prompting unusually large U.S. bookings. Through April 22, the Asian country had purchased 23.2 million tonnes of U.S. corn for delivery in the 2020-21 year that ends on Aug. 31.
Sales have cooled off in recent weeks and the focus has turned to exports, which have picked up in pace but to a perhaps lesser degree than expected. Weekly export data suggests the United States shipped about 1.75 million tonnes of corn to China in March, a record monthly volume.
The U.S. Census Bureau is set to publish official March trade data on Tuesday, and that is expected to show last month’s overall U.S. corn exports at a new all-time high for any month, potentially topping 9 million tonnes.
Shipments to China in April are faring better at about 1.8 million tonnes through April 22, but the weekly volumes still need to increase.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s export sales report on Thursday showed 12.5 million tonnes still awaited shipment to China as of April 22, more than half of the country’s full-year commitments. That accounts for 47% of all outstanding 2020-21 sales, the largest share since the start of the marketing year.
China’s remaining balance requires an average weekly shipping pace of about 670,000 tonnes per week between now and Aug. 31. Inspections data suggested last week’s total at about 633,000 tonnes, roughly a cargo more than in the previous three weeks and a step in the right direction.
The China export requirement has become much larger relative to other destinations. Considering all outstanding sales as of April 22, the total weekly export pace would have to average just over 1.4 million tonnes, well below the recent four-week average of 1.85 million.
Export sales.............not good (-:
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/natural-gas-storage-386
Release Date | Time | Actual | Forecast | Previous | |
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May 06, 2021 | 10:30 | 60B | 64B | 15B | |
Apr 29, 2021 | 10:30 | 15B | 11B | 38B | |
Apr 22, 2021 | 10:30 | 38B | 49B | 61B | |
Apr 15, 2021 | 10:30 | 61B | 67B | 20B | |
Apr 08, 2021 | 10:30 | 20B | 21B | 14B | |
Apr 01, 2021 | 10:30 | 14B | 21B | -32B |
#Corn was USA's #1 ag export to #China in March by value at 20% of the total. #Soybeans at 12% is relatively low for March.
#Ethanol is finally back in the top 10 for now with $76M worth of exports in March. Meat, wheat, sorghum, cotton and lumber round out the top 10.
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#Soybeans still rule the roost when it comes to U.S. ag exports to #China, accounting for 42% of the Q1 2021 total.
#Corn made up 11%, #sorghum 8%, #pork and #cotton 6% each.
The total Q1 value of $8.3B is 2nd to Q1 2014 but is 40% above the 2016-2018 avg (pre trade war).
USDA confirms the following U.S. export sales of #corn: 1,360,000 tonnes to #China in 2021/2286,868 tonnes to unknown in 2020/21101,600 tonnes to unknown in 2021/22 That's 61 million bushels of corn total
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This is #China's first purchase of new-crop U.S. #corn and their first purchase since mid-March when 3.9 mmt were flashed over four days for old crop. Some had surmised at the time that those sales had actually taken place as long ago as January.