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U.S. Agricultural Exports:
Commodity Values & Volumes, Fiscal 1996-98

Unit = $ Billions

1996
Actual

 

1997
Actual

 

96/97
Chg

Dec. FY '98
Forecast

97/98
Chg


Grains and Feeds

21.553

 

16.466

 

-5.1

16.7

0.23

Wheat & Flour

7.032

 

4.263

 

-2.8

4.5

0.24

Rice

1.004

 

0.962

 

-0.0

1.0

0.04

Coarse Grains

9.338

 

6.921

 

-2.4

6.9

-0.02

Corn

8.369

 

6.107

 

-2.3

6.1

-0.01

Feed Ingredients & Fodders

2.627

 

2.673

 

0.0

2.6

-0.07

Oilseeds and Products

9.670

 

11.437

 

1.8

11.0

-0.44

Soybeans

6.312

 

6.950

 

0.6

6.7

-0.25

Soybean Cakes and Meals

1.305

 

1.746

 

0.4

1.4

-0.35

Soybean Oil

0.272

 

0.516

 

0.2

0.7

0.18

Livestock Products

8.067

 

7.726

 

-0.3

8.2

0.47

Beef, Pork & Variety Meats

4.343

 

3.977

 

-0.4

4.3

0.32

Hides & Skins

1.677

 

1.693

 

0.0

1.8

0.11

Poultry & Products

2.898

 

3.094

 

0.2

3.2

0.11

Dairy Products

0.719

 

0.842

 

0.1

0.8

-0.04

Tobacco

1.393

 

1.612

 

0.2

1.6

-0.01

Cotton & Linters

3.028

 

2.737

 

-0.3

2.7

-0.04

Seeds

0.727

 

0.924

 

0.2

0.9

-0.02

Horticultural Products

10.019

 

10.598

 

0.6

11.2

0.60

Fresh & Processed Fruit

3.311

 

3.412

 

0.1

3.5

0.09

Fresh & Processed Vegetables

2.423

 

2.655

 

0.2

2.8

0.15

Tree Nuts

1.374

 

1.283

 

-0.1

1.4

0.12

Sugar, Trop. & Other Prods

1.721

 

1.825

 

0.1

2.2

0.38

Total Agricultural Products 1/

59.795

 

57.261

 

(2.5)

58.5

1.24


           

Dec

 
Unit = MMT

1996
Actual

 

1997
Actual

 

96/97
Chg

Dec. FY '98
Forecast

97/98
Chg


Wheat*

33.716

 

24.531

 

-9.2

28.5

3.97

Wheat Flour

0.470

 

0.504

 

0.0

0.5

-0.00

Rice*

2.831

 

2.564

 

-0.3

2.7

0.14

Coarse Grains*

58.656

 

53.027

 

-5.6

55.1

2.07

Corn

52.681

 

46.579

 

-6.1

48.5

1.92

Feed Ingredients & Fodders

12.065

 

12.259

 

0.2

12.7

0.44

Oilseeds & Products

30.759

 

33.942

 

3.2

37.1

3.16

Soybeans*

22.372

 

24.027

 

1.7

26.7

2.67

Soybean Cakes and Meals

5.445

 

6.345

 

0.9

6.7

0.36

Soybean Oil

0.450

 

0.924

 

0.5

1.1

0.18

Beef, Pork & Variety Meats

1.410

 

1.356

 

-0.1

1.5

0.14

Poultry Meat

2.330

 

2.522

 

0.2

2.6

0.08

Animal Fats

1.376

 

1.028

 

-0.3

0.9

-0.13

Cotton & Linters*

1.703

 

1.648

 

-0.1

1.6

-0.05

Horticultural Products

7.139

 

7.539

 

0.4

7.7

0.16

Other

5.917

 

6.399

 

0.5

7.0

0.60

Total Agricultural Products 1/

158.372

 

147.319

 

-11.1

157.9

10.58

Total Major Bulk Commodities 2/

119.278

 

105.797

 

-13.5

114.6

8.80

Notes: 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding; 2/ Wheat, coarse grains, rice, soybeans and cotton.
Items marked (*) are included in "Total Major Bulk".
December forecasts based on USDA's "Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Exports," published December 2, 1997.

Source: Ernest Carter, ODA/CMP/FAS, tel: 720-2922

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Last modified: Monday, August 29, 2005