USDA Export Sales Highlights

Net sales of 99,900 MT were up 62 percent from the previous week and 16 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for South Korea (19,900 MT), Nicaragua (18,800 MT), Turkey (18,800 MT), Mexico (14,900 MT), and the Leeward Windward Islands (4,500 MT).  Exports of 117,000 MT were two and four-fifths times the previous week and 94 percent over the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Iraq (30,100 MT), Nicaragua (27,300 MT), Japan (13,100 MT), and Haiti (11,100 MT).

This summary is based on reports from exporters for the period November 9-15, 2007.