ARGENTINE GRAIN SHIPMENTS IN THE WEEK TO APRIL 1
The Argentine Grain Board issued
the following figures covering shipments of major export grains
in the week to April 1, in tonnes, with comparisons for the
previous week and the same week in 1986.
Bread wheat 235,800 205,700 115,500
Maize 158,400 189,000 272,700
Sorghum 26,500 18,700 39,900
Soybean nil nil nil
Sunflowerseed 1,800 18,800 nil
Cumulative figures for April 1 and this calendar year, with
the previous year's figures in brackets, are as follows, in
thousands of tonnes:
Bread wheat 64.3 (44.5), 3,074.4 (2,851.4)
Maize 48.3 (107.7), 486.1 (922.4)
Sorghum 5.1 (22.2), 108.1 (188.8)
Soybean nil (nil), nil (nil)
Sunflowerseed 0.9 (nil), 43.2 (nil)