USDA wheat export sales highlights in latest reporting week. Net sales of 335,900 metric tons (MT) were down 39 percent from the previous week. Major increases were reported for Japan (141,600 MT), South Africa (38,500 MT, switched from unknown destinations), Nigeria (33,000 MT), Venezuela (28,000 MT), South Korea (27,500 MT), Italy (27,000 MT), and Mexico (21,000 MT).
Exports of 394,300 MT were 30 percent below the week earlier and 20 percent under the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were Nigeria (69,400 MT), Egypt (57,800 MT), Taiwan (47,100 MT), South Africa (38,500 MT), Japan (28,500 MT), and Mexico (28,000 MT).