FI Morning Grain Comments 10/22/20

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Nearby spreads		CT	8:54 AM
			Chng
SX/F	1.5/1.75		1.00
SX/H	15.25/15.5		2.25
SF/H	13.75/14		1.00
SMZ/F	8/8.1		2.30
SMZ/H	18.8/19		4.10
SMH/K	7.4/7.5		0.70
BOZ/F	0.11/0.12		0.07
BOZ/H	0.24/0.26		0.12
BOH/K	0.07/0.08		0.04
CZ/H	-2.25/-2		1.00
CZ/K	-3.5/-3.25		1.50
WZ/H	-1.75/-1.5		-0.25
KWZ/H	-7.5/-7.25		-0.25
MWZ/H	-8.25/-7.75		1.00

 

Morning.

 

Higher
trade in the front month soybean complex.  Corn is mixed and Chicago wheat lower. 
China cash crush margins on our analysis improved from Wednesday. 

 

 

 

Weather
and Crop Progress

 

 

 

 

WORLD
WEATHER ISSUES FOR TODAY

• U.S.
  Northern Plains and upper Midwest dealing with another snowstorm today
• Accumulations
  through dawn today have range from 1 to 4 inches in northern South Dakota and southern North Dakota with 12 inches unconfirmed at Herreid, South Dakota
• Snowfall
  of 4 to 7 inches has been reported in central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin
• New
  snowfall today will vary from 3 to 9 inches across these same areas causing travel delays, livestock stress and some disruption to commerce
• One
  more snowstorm is expected in the northwestern and central U.S. Plains late Friday through the weekend with snowfall of 2 to 6 inches expected
• Western
  South Dakota, Montana and parts of Wyoming and western Nebraska will get the greatest snowfall
• Lighter
  snow will fall farther south in Kansas, Colorado and the Texas Panhandle with moisture totals of a few hundredths of an inch to 0.25 inch most likely
• Eastern
  U.S. hard red winter wheat areas will see greater rainfall with 0.20 to 0.75 inch of moisture possible from north-central Texas to eastern wheat areas of Kansas and parts of eastern Nebraska this weekend into early next week
• U.S.
  Hard Red Winter Wheat bottom line is one of partial improvement of wheat establishment in the high Plains region. More precipitation will be needed, but not likely to occur with warmer than usual temperatures expected late next week through the first full
  week of November and little to no rain
• Russia’s
  Southern has seen some partial relief from dryness this week (see our special reported sent earlier this morning)
• Delayed
  data received from Russia overnight has further verified our forecast of earlier this week for a band of rain from Krasnodar to northwestern Kazakhstan Monday and Tuesday
• The
  moisture was welcome, but not great enough for a huge lasting change outside of a small portion of the overall production region
• More
  rain is needed and not likely to occur for the next ten days to nearly two weeks except in the northernmost parts of Russia’s Southern region where some light precipitation is expected.
  
• Eastern
  Australia will be closely monitored for too much rain over the next few weeks, but for now most of the wheat, barley and canola is still rated favorably and rain expected will benefit the planting and emergence of dryland summer crops
• Rain
  in eastern Queensland Wednesday may have disrupted fieldwork, but the moisture was great for sugarcane and eastern cotton areas where planting in dryland fields will get under way soon if it has not already begun
• Western
  Australia is not likely to see much more than a few showers in the far south
• South
  Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales winter crop conditions remain very good with little change likely
• Argentina
  rainfall overnight was greater than expected and continued to benefit winter wheat and future planting of corn, sunseed and soybeans
• Argentina’s
  rainfall this week has already improved soil moisture for many areas and the outlook is for continued improvement with yet another weather system expected this weekend that will follow additional scattered showers today
• Dryness
  is expected in the second week of the outlook, but that will serve as an excellent opportunity for summer crop planting and to support winter wheat in the south
• Brazil
  rainfall will be erratic over the next two weeks benefiting some areas far more than others and a close watch on its distribution is warranted
• All
  of the nation’s corn, soybean, rice, sugarcane, citrus and coffee production areas will get rain at one time or another, but amounts in the interior south will be a little light and may leave a growing need for greater precipitation
• Wheat
  conditions in far southern Brazil are better than they have been in years with little change likely
• Brazil’s
  greatest rainfall is expected in the Oct. 30-Nov. 6 period from Minas Gerais to Mato Grosso
• Bitter
  cold air is still expected in the northern U.S. Plains and a part of Canada’s Prairies over the next several days
  
• Extreme
  lows in the negative and positive single digits Fahrenheit will occur from Montana, Wyoming and the far western parts of the Dakotas northward into the heart of the Canadian Prairies
• Some
  single digit lows will occur into western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado
  
• The
  cold and snow that precedes it will stress livestock
• Snow
  will fall in the central Plains Sunday into Tuesday with accumulations of 1 to 3 inches common from Nebraska to eastern Colorado with local totals of 4 to 5 inches probably favoring northeastern Colorado and far southwestern Nebraska, although confidence is
  low
• Montana
  wheat planting and emergence is incomplete and temperatures will be cold enough for a long enough period of time to raise concern about that planting getting completed
• Warming
  is expected late next week through the following weekend
• U.S.
  Midwest harvest delays will occur through mid-week next week due to waves of rain and some snow
• Drier
  weather is expected in the following week to improve harvest progress, although a period of drying will be required after some significant moisture impacts the region
• Snowmelt
  will keep the upper Midwest wet for a longer period of time extending the harvest delays
• West
  Texas cotton and other summer crop harvesting will be delayed by precipitation during the late weekend and early part of next week
• No
  serious impact on fiber quality is expected
• Drier
  and warmer weather will return late next week through the first week in November supporting better harvest conditions
  
• The
  sunny and warm conditions will bleach the fiber white again
• U.S.
  Delta and southeastern states weather will be disrupted by periods of rain over the next week to ten days
• Some
  of the advertised rain may be overdone and future model forecasts will bring some better field working conditions, but progress will still advance slowly.
  
• U.S.
  Pacific Northwest will receive some rain and mountain snow Friday into the weekend resulting in a short term boost in topsoil moisture that will favor improved winter wheat planting in dryland areas
• U.S.
  far west will continue drier than usual through much of the next couple of weeks, especially south of the Columbia River Basin
• Hurricane
  Epsilon is a huge storm, but will pass to the east of Bermuda over the next couple of days and should then turn away from North America posing no land impact
• Typhoon
  Saudel was located west of the Philippines this morning and was becoming better organized
  
• Saudel
  will move westerly today and Friday and then turn to the west southwest this weekend
• Some
  weakening is expected as the storm approaches Vietnam
• Landfall
  is expected in central Vietnam late Sunday or early Monday
• Heavy
  rain will bring on some additional flooding to water-logged areas of central Vietnam
• South
  Africa will experience showers erratically over the central and eastern parts of the nation during the coming week with some potential for greater rain in the following week
• Generalized
  rain is needed to support spring and summer planting
• La
  Nina should help ensure a good rainy season this summer
• India’s
  monsoon will start withdrawing a little faster over the next several days ending rain and harvest delays in Gujarat, northern Maharashtra and western Madhya Pradesh over the next couple of days
• Rain
  will fall frequently in far southern India and in the extreme east for much of the coming week to ten days
• Europe
  will experience increasing precipitation in the west over this coming week while eastern areas are relatively dry biased and a little warmer than usual
• Winter
  crops are establishing well in much of the continent, despite less than ideal early season planting conditions
• China
  weather will be almost ideal for winter wheat and rapeseed planting and summer crop harvesting during the next ten days
• Soil
  moisture will be good for quick winter crop germination and plant emergence
• Disturbed
  tropical weather in the Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico the remainder of this week will be closely monitored but there is no sign or tropical cyclone development for the next few days
  
• The
  system may impact Cuba and Florida with increasing rainfall Friday and this weekend
• Southern
  Oscillation Index fell during the weekend down to +8.12 and the index will level off over the next few days after a recent fall of significance.
  
• Southeastern
  Canada and the U.S. Great Lakes region will continue to experience frequent precipitation over the coming week causing additional delay to farming activity
• Recent
  precipitation frequency has been too high for much fieldwork and this trend will linger for a while longer.
  
• Southeast
  Asia rainfall over the next two weeks will be erratic, but all areas will be impacted multiple times supporting most crop needs; some flood potentials will gradually rise in localized areas
• Mexico
  precipitation will be scattered over far southern crop areas during the coming week
• Net
  drying is expected for many other summer crop areas supporting crop maturation and harvest progress
• Central
  America will be wetter than usual over the next ten days to two weeks keeping late season crop maturation and harvest progress slow, but the moisture is improving long term water supply.
  
• Some
  flooding is possible

·        
West-central Africa will experience erratic rain through the next ten days favoring coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, rice and other crops

• Daily
  rainfall is expected to be decreasing as time moves along which is normal for this time of year
• Cotton
  areas will benefit from drier weather

·        
East-central Africa rain will be erratic and light over the next couple of weeks, but most of Uganda and southwestern Kenya will be impacted while Tanzania and Ethiopia rainfall
is erratic and light

• Some
  heavy rain may fall in Uganda

·        
New Zealand rainfall will be increasing across North Island and western areas of South Island over the coming week

• Temperatures
  will be seasonable with a slight cooler bias in the south

Source: 
World Weather Inc. 

 

Bloomberg
Ag Calendar

Thursday,
Oct. 22:

• USDA
  weekly crop net-export sales for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, pork, beef, 8:30am
• Port
  of Rouen data on French grain exports
• USDA
  red meat production, 3pm
• U.S.
  cold storage data – pork, beef, poultry

Friday,
Oct. 23:

• China
  customs publishes trade data on imports of corn, wheat, sugar and cotton
• ICE
  Futures Europe weekly commitments of traders report, 1:30pm (6:30pm London)
• CFTC
  commitments of traders weekly report on positions for various U.S. futures and options, 3:30pm
• FranceAgriMer
  weekly update on crop conditions
• Unica
  data on Brazil’s cane crush, sugar production (tentative)
• U.S.
  cattle on feed, poultry slaughter, 3pm
• HOLIDAY:
  Thailand

Source:
Bloomberg and FI

 

 

 

 

Macros

US
Initial Jobless Claims Oct 17: 787K (est 870K; prevR 842k; prev 898K)

US
Continuing Claims Oct 10: 8373K (est 9625K; prevR 9397k; prev 10018K)

 

 

Corn.

• Corn
  futures were mixed to mostly moderately lower pre and post USDA export sales report.   
  
• Snowy
  weather bias northern Great Plains and far northwestern Corn Belt delayed corn harvesting this week. 
  
• CBOT
  corn OI was up 29,982 contracts. 
• USD
  was 26 higher as of 8:00 am CT, and crude was $0.15 higher. 
• Brazil
  domestic corn prices were up again, 16 days of appreciation. 
• In
  Brazil, shipments of a million tons of corn are stalled as a lack of rain left levels in the Madeira River, a major waterway, at the shallowest in decades. Ships that usually carry 20,000 tons in the high-water season and 13,000 tons during the drier period
  are currently hauling 10,000 tons. (Bloomberg)
• USDA
  Attaché seeks 2020-21 corn imports increasing 18 percent to 12 million tons from 10.2 million year earlier. 
  
• AGPM,
  a French growing group, warned of disappointing French corn crop, at 13.6 million tons, below the AgMin estimate of 13.8 million tons. 
  
• Germany
  ASF: 6 new cases; 86 cases since September 10 
• USDA’s
  Broiler Report showed weekly eggs set in the US down 2 percent from last year and chicks placed down 1 percent.  Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through October 17, 2020 for the United States were 7.79 billion. Cumulative placements
  were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
• Weekly
  US ethanol production fell 24,000 to 913,000 barrels from the previous week, which was unexpected as a Bloomberg poll called for a 7,000 increase.   Ethanol stocks declined 287,000 barrels to 19.721 million.  
  Early September to date ethanol production is running 6.4 percent below the same period a year earlier. 
  

 

Corn
Export Developments

• Results
  awaited: Iran opened a new tender for 200,000 tons of barley, set to close October 21. 
  

 

Selected
ECB corn basis

Source:
Reuters and FI

 

Soybean
complex.  

• The
  soybean complex was mostly higher.  Soybeans were seeing bull spreading on spot US soybean export demand.  Traders are still trying to access the large China soybean meal physical trade rumored yesterday but no soybean meal showed up under the daily USDA sales
  announcement system.  Strong European vegetable oil markets and higher palm was leading soybean oil higher. 
  
• Brazil’s
  weather outlook remains unchanged with scattered to good rains occurring across much of the soybean production regions over the next two weeks.  Some traders are concerned local areas will see a delay in soybean plantings. 
  
• Offshore
  values this morning were leading CBOT soybean oil 28 higher and meal $3.40 lower. 
  
• Rotterdam
  soybean oil values were unchanged, rapeseed oil up 5, and Rotterdam meal $2-$10 from this time previous session. 
  
• China
  cash crush margins were 96 cents on out our calculation (vs. 87 from previous session) compared to 88 last week and 125 year ago. 
  

• Malaysian
  palm oil futures. Higher on production concerns.

 

 

Oilseeds
Export Developments

• Under
  the 24-hour announcement system, private exporters sold the following:
• 152,404
  tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2020/2021 marketing year
• 132,000
  tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020-21 marketing year

• Syria
  seeks 50,000 tons of soybean meal and 50,000 tons of corn on October 26 for delivery within four months of contract. 
  

 

Wheat

• US
  wheat futures are
  lower in Chicago and KC on technical selling.  Minn traded two-sided, turning lower following Chicago.  It tried to gain from global high protein supply concerns and Algeria’s import tender yielding about 700,000 tons of milling wheat purchased over the past
  day. 

• Paris
  (Matif) December wheat was down 0.75 at 210.50 euros.
• US
  southern Great Plains see restricted precipitation through early November.  We look for the initial US winter wheat rating expected to be issued by USDA next week to end up near the lower end of 20-year range led by a multi decade lower combined good/excellent
  for Kansas.  
• Yesterday
  Turkey removed duties on wheat, barley and corn imports and today they bought at least 50,000 tons of feed barley.  Import taxes were 45% for wheat, 35% for barley and 25% for corn. 
  
• Ukraine
  may get a second IMF loan tranche by the end of the year. 
• Russia
  asked Algeria to further relax on wheat tender specifications.  Algeria recently increased its tolerance level for 12.5% protein wheat to 0.5% bug insect damage, but it’s hard for Black Sea shipments to meet the specification. 
  

 

Export
Developments.

• Algeria’s
  OAIC bought around 700,000 tons of milling wheat between $275 and $276 a ton, c&f, for November and/or December shipment, depending on origin. 
  
• Tunisia
  bought 50,000 tons of barley for late November through December 15 shipment.  They also bought 50,000 tons of milling wheat. 
  

• Under
  the 24-hour announcement system, private exporters sold the following:
• 130,000
  tons of white wheat for delivery to South Korea during the 2020/2021 marketing year. 
  

• Turkey
  bought 175,000 tons of wheat of various classes for November shipment.

• Japan
  bought 80,526 tons of food wheat later this week including 29,217 tons from the US and 51,309 tons from Canada. 
  

• Jordan
  seeks 120,000 tons of wheat on October 28. 
• Jordan
  seeks 120,000 tons of feed barley on October 27, optional origin, for LH December through FH March shipment.
  
• Taiwan
  seeks 88,635 tons of US wheat on October 23 for Dec/Jan shipment. 

• Sudan
  seeks 1 million tons of wheat through US assistance.

 

Rice/Other

• China
  plans to buy 500,000 tons of cotton for state reserves. 

·        
Results awaited:  Mauritius seeks 5,500 tons of white rice on October 20 for Dec 15-Mar 15, 2021 delivery.

 

USDA
Export Sales showed China expanding purchases to soybean meal, oil, and sorghum. 

·        
Soybean export sales of 2.226 million tons were within expectations.  China took 1.222 million tons and Egypt for 194,400 tons. 

·        
Soybean meal sales improved to 321,900 tons from 152,200 tons previous week.  China took 20,000 tons. 

·        
Soybean oil sales were good at 37,000 tons from only 1,400 tons previous week.  China took 11,000 tons. 

·        
USDA corn export sales were 1.832 million tons, well up from 655,200 tons from the previous week and above trade expectations.  The corn sales included Japan (490,100 MT, including 162,800 MT switched from unknown destinations
and decreases of 10,000 MT), China (433,500 MT), and Mexico (377,400 MT, including decreases of 35,400 MT).  There was also 125,000 MT optional origin corn for Ukraine and 127,000 MT for Argentina.  We are looking into that.  

·        
Sorghum export sales of 280,000 tons included 195,800 tons for China. 

·        
Pork sales were 26,800 tons, unchanged from the previous week.

·        
All-wheat export sales were 367,500 tons, within expectations.  Mexico and Nigeria were the largest buyers. 

 

 

 

 

U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 10/15/2020       

	CURRENT MARKETING YEAR						NEXT MARKETING YEAR
COMMODITY	NET SALES	OUTSTANDING SALES		WEEKLY EXPORTS	ACCUMULATED EXPORTS		NET SALES	OUTSTANDING SALES
		CURRENT YEAR	YEAR AGO		CURRENT YEAR	YEAR AGO
	THOUSAND METRIC TONS
WHEAT
HRW	157.5	1,643.2	1,240.1	47.6	4,144.4	4,049.3	0.0	22.0
SRW	89.0	403.9	616.8	3.0	879.4	1,162.9	0.0	100.0
HRS	55.9	1,507.0	1,171.8	78.9	2,904.7	2,643.9	0.0	5.0
WHITE	64.8	1,452.2	916.0	62.6	1,939.5	1,765.8	0.0	0.0
DURUM	0.3	220.9	204.5	0.0	321.6	312.9	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	367.5	5,227.2	4,149.2	192.1	10,189.5	9,934.8	0.0	127.0
BARLEY	0.0	32.9	38.6	0.2	9.1	18.9	0.0	0.0
CORN	1,831.6	22,943.7	7,729.2	898.0	5,390.9	3,126.8	0.0	206.0
SORGHUM	280.8	2,752.5	220.2	70.1	463.5	45.9	0.0	136.0
SOYBEANS	2,225.5	33,926.3	12,096.4	2,516.5	11,423.2	6,164.8	0.0	60.0
SOY MEAL	321.9	3,593.0	3,084.2	90.8	348.1	642.3	0.0	18.1
SOY OIL	37.0	193.7	126.9	3.1	21.5	76.3	-0.2	0.0
RICE
L G RGH	28.4	525.2	429.3	46.8	125.6	317.2	0.0	0.0
M S RGH	0.0	21.3	18.8	5.2	7.6	12.0	0.0	0.0
L G BRN	1.1	12.0	23.2	0.4	9.4	4.5	0.0	0.0
M&S BR	0.1	20.6	11.5	2.5	29.0	0.9	0.0	0.0
L G MLD	8.4	47.8	136.7	21.9	88.5	268.5	0.0	0.0
M S MLD	22.9	113.5	117.9	7.8	80.0	129.9	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	60.9	740.4	737.5	84.6	340.1	733.1	0.0	0.0
COTTON		THOUSAND RUNNING BALES
UPLAND	227.8	5,761.9	7,070.7	194.1	2,699.1	2,205.4	21.3	520.2
PIMA	29.6	254.6	117.2	7.4	123.2	92.3	0.0	0.7

 

Export Sales Highlights

This
summary is based on reports from exporters for the period October 9-15, 2020.

Wheat:  Net
sales of 367,500 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were down 31 percent from the previous week and 23 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for Mexico (192,800 MT), Nigeria (60,600 MT), the Philippines (60,000 MT), Guatemala (38,700 MT,
switched from unknown destinations), and Japan (34,600 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (95,500 MT).  Exports of 192,100 MT were down 62 percent from the previous week and 67 percent from the
prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to Indonesia (55,300 MT), Malaysia (40,800 MT), Japan (33,000 MT), Venezuela (25,100 MT), and Mexico (22,900 MT).  Optional Origin Sales:  For 2020/2021, the current outstanding balance of 10,000 MT, all
Spain.

Corn: 
Net sales of 1,831,600 MT for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 21 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for Japan (490,100 MT, including 162,800 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 10,000 MT),
China (433,500 MT), Mexico (377,400 MT, including decreases of 35,400 MT), Taiwan (179,800 MT), and Israel (157,500 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (55,500 MT).  Exports of 898,000 MT were up 10 percent from the previous week and 7
percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to China (364,000 MT), Mexico (168,300 MT), Japan (165,900 MT), Saudi Arabia (70,200 MT), and Colombia (55,000 MT).  Optional Origin Sales:  For 2020/2021, new optional origin sales of
30,000 MT were reported for Ukraine.  The current outstanding balance of 834,800 MT is for Vietnam (260,000 MT), Taiwan (204,200 MT), Argentina (127,000 MT), Ukraine (125,000 MT), South Korea (65,000 MT), and unknown destinations (53,600 MT).  Late Reporting: 
For 2020/2021, exports totaling 7,100 MT were reported late.  The destination was Jamaica.

Barley: 
No net sales were reported for the week.  Exports of 200 MT were to South Korea.

Sorghum: 
Net sales of 280,800 MT for 2020/2021 resulted in increases for China (195,800 MT) and unknown destinations (85,000 MT).  Exports of 70,100 MT were to China.

Rice: 
Net sales of 60,900 MT for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week, but down 45 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for Colombia (21,900 MT), Japan (13,000 MT), Guatemala (10,000 MT), Jordan (4,000 MT), and Saudi Arabia
(3,700 MT), were offset by reductions for New Zealand (800 MT).  Exports of 84,600 MT–a marketing-year high–were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to Mexico (52,300 MT), Haiti (15,200
MT), Saudi Arabia (5,400 MT), Canada (4,900 MT), and South Korea (2,500 MT).

Soybeans: 
Net sales of 2,225,500 MT for 2020/2021 were down 14 percent from the previous week and 18 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for China (1,222,000 MT, including 395,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 6,600 MT),
Egypt (194,400 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from China), unknown destinations (185,100 MT), Germany (111,300 MT), and Mexico (105,700 MT, including decreases of 2,400 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for the Netherlands (20,000 MT).  Exports of
2,516,500 MT were up 8 percent from the previous week and 49 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to China (1,960,200 MT, including 71,400 MT late – see below), Egypt (126,400 MT), Germany (111,300 MT), Mexico (59,700 MT),
and Saudi Arabia (53,800 MT).  Optional Origin Sales:  For 2020/2021, the current outstanding balance of 126,000 MT, all China. 
Exports for Own Account:  For 2020/2021, the current exports for own account outstanding balance is 7,300 MT, all Canada.  Export Adjustments: Accumulated export of soybeans to the Netherland were adjusted down 56,666 MT for week ending October 1^st
and 54,630 MT for week ending October 8^th.  The correct destination for these shipments is Germany and is included in this week’s report.  Late Reporting:  For 2020/2021, exports totaling 71,400 MT were reported late.  The destination was China.

Soybean Cake and Meal: 
Net sales of 321,900 MT for 2020/2021 primarily for Mexico (127,800 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), the Dominican Republic (36,700 MT, including decreases 200 MT), unknown destinations (32,000 MT), Colombia (31,300 MT), and China (20,000 MT), were offset
by reductions for Belgium (600 MT), Nepal (500 MT), Nicaragua (300 MT), and South Korea (100 MT).  Exports of 90,800 MT were primarily to Mexico (35,500 MT), Canada (18,700 MT), Morocco (7,700 MT), Jamaica (6,600 MT), and Costa Rica (5,700 MT). 

Soybean Oil: 
Net sales of 37,000 MT for 2020/2021 were primarily for China (11,000 MT), the Dominican Republic (8,600 MT), Venezuela (8,000 MT), South Korea (4,000 MT), and Nicaragua (2,000 MT).  For 2021/2022, total net sales reductions of 200 MT were for Canada. 
Exports of 3,100 MT were primarily to Mexico (1,600 MT) and Canada (1,500 MT).

Cotton: 
Net sales of 227,800 RB for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 51 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for Pakistan (93,300 RB, including 800 RB switched from Indonesia), China (47,500 RB, including decreases
of 10,600 RB), Mexico (33,800 RB), Vietnam (30,100 RB, including 1,100 RB switched from China and decreases of 100 RB), and Bangladesh (9,000 RB), were offset by reductions primarily for Japan (1,000 RB) and Indonesia (800 RB).  For 2021/2022, net sales of
21,300 RB were for China (17,200 RB) and Mexico (4,100 RB).  Exports of 194,100 RB were up 1 percent from the previous week, but down 7 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Exports were primarily to China (95,500 RB), Pakistan (29,100 RB), Vietnam (16,200
RB), Indonesia (12,600 RB), and Bangladesh (12,000 RB).  Net sales of Pima totaling 29,600 RB–a marketing-year high–were up 66 percent from the previous week and 53 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily for China (9,800 RB), India
(5,700 RB, including decreases of 100 RB), Pakistan (3,900 RB), Bangladesh (3,800 RB), and Turkey (1,300 RB).  Exports of 7,400 RB were down 41 percent from the previous week and 43 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to
India (3,400 RB), Peru (1,800 RB), China (1,100 RB), Bangladesh (600 RB), and Germany (200 RB). 
Exports for Own Account:  For 2020/2021, new exports for own account totaling 7,400 RB were to China.  Decreases were reported for China (300 RB).  The current exports for own account outstanding balance of 20,100 RB is for China (15,200 RB), Indonesia
(3,900 RB), and Bangladesh (1,000 RB).

Hides
and Skins: 
Net sales of 480,700 pieces for 2020 were up 27 percent from the previous week and 30 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for China (407,400 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 10,500 pieces), South Korea (51,000 whole cattle
hides, including decreases of 1,600 pieces), Mexico (48,300 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 500 pieces), Cambodia (5,300 whole cattle hides), and Thailand (3,400 whole cattle hides), were offset by reductions for Taiwan (400 pieces) and Indonesia
(200 pieces).  Additionally, total net sales of 2,100 calf skins were reported for Italy.  Net sales reductions of 40,100 kip skins were reported for Italy (39,900 kip skins) and Belgium (200 kip skins).  Exports of 397,700 pieces reported for 2020 were down
11 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hides exports were primarily to China (314,300 pieces), South Korea (30,200 pieces), Mexico (30,000 pieces), Brazil (8,000 pieces), and Taiwan (3,500 pieces).  In
addition, exports of 2,600 kip skins were to Belgium.

Net
sales of 173,100 wet blues
for 2020 were up 61 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily for Vietnam (92,800 unsplit, including decreases of 200 unsplit), Italy (53,800 unsplit and 100 grain splits, including decreases of
200 unsplit), China (21,300 unsplit, including decreases of 200 unsplit), Mexico (3,300 unsplit, including decreases of 100 unsplit and grain splits), and India (1,200 unsplit).  For 2021, total net sales of 4,000 wet blues unsplit were reported for Vietnam. 
Exports of 127,000 wet blues for 2020 were down 1 percent from the previous week and 25 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to Italy (31,600 unsplit and 4,500 grain splits), China (34,400 unsplit), Vietnam (32,600 unsplit),
Thailand (8,400 unsplit), and Taiwan (7,400 unsplit).  Net sales of 1,353,800 splits were for Vietnam (1,302,000 pounds, including decreases of 12,200 pounds) and China (51,800 pounds).  For 2021, total net sales of 167,500 splits were for China.  Exports
of 492,100 pounds were to Vietnam (449,600 pounds) and China (42,500 pounds).

Beef: 
Net sales of 21,700 MT reported for 2020 were up 62 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for South Korea (5,400 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), China (3,700 MT), Japan (3,600 MT, including decreases
of 600 MT), Mexico (2,800 MT), and Hong Kong (2,600 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), were offset by reductions for Chile (100 MT).  For 2021, net sales of 2,600 MT resulting in increases for Japan (1,400 MT) and South Korea (1,300 MT), were offset by reductions
for Hong Kong (200 MT).  Exports of 17,800 MT were up 10 percent from the previous week and 6 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to Japan (4,500 MT), South Korea (4,200 MT), China (2,000 MT), Mexico (1,600 MT), and Hong
Kong (1,500 MT).

Pork: 
Net sales of 26,800 MT reported for 2020 were unchanged from the previous week, but down 35 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for Mexico (13,800 MT, including decreases of 800 MT), Japan (4,900 MT, including decreases of 200 MT),
China (1,800 MT, including decreases of 1,500 MT), South Korea (1,500 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), and Colombia (1,000 MT), were offset by reductions for Vietnam (100 MT).  For 2021, net sales of 800 MT were primarily for New Zealand (400 MT), Australia
(300 MT), and Mexico (100 MT).  Exports of 36,600 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week and 4 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily to China (12,500 MT), Mexico (11,100 MT), Japan (4,300 MT), Canada (2,500 MT), and South
Korea (1,500 MT).