American Pima Exports
Thursday, March 04, 2010
AMERICAN PIMA WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT
For the week ending March 4, 2010 and shipments thru February 26, 2010
March 4 — Net new export sales for the week were reported as 14,100 bales versus 10,100 bales reported the previous week. Current registered export sales for the 2009/10 crop year are now 604,200 versus 590,100 reported the previous week. This level of sales is 564% of the sales level at the same time last year when 107,100 bales in sales had already been registered. Current shipments stand at 776% of last year with 535,000 bales shipped versus 68,900 bales shipped at the same time last year.
This week’s purchases were made by India (7,100), China (4,300), Thailand (1,300), Turkey (700), Pakistan (500), Japan (200) and Malaysia (100).
There were 0 bales in destination changes this past week.
There were 0 bales in cancellations this past week.
Export shipments this past week totaled 4,200 bales versus 12,300 during the previous week. Shipments this past week went to China (1,300), Korea (1,100), Pakistan (600), Germany (400), Thailand (400), Mexico (200), India (100) and Japan (100).
The top five leading importers for the 2009/10 crop year are led by China with purchases of 301,500 bales. India, Pakistan, Germany and Korea round out the top five with purchases of 113,800 bales, 63,100 bales, 13,400 bales, and 13,300 bales respectively. These five nations account for 84 % of all the export based purchases of U.S. Pima made to date this year.
There were 0 bales of new forward sales this week. The current new crop sales totals stand at 400 bales and 0 bales respectively for 2010/11 and 2011/12.
The USDA report can be found here: here.
Export Sales Summary
| Destination | 03/4/10* | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2.0 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 7.1 |
| Germany | 13.4 | 14.5 | 16.8 | 20.4 | 18.3 |
| Italy | 3.3 | 2.1 | 10.6 | 14.3 | 11.2 |
| Portugal | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 1.4 |
| Switzerland | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Turkey | 4.3 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 6.4 | 24.9 |
| Other Western Europe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Europe Totals | 23.0 | 27.3 | 72.1 | 58.8 | 69.1 |
| Bangladesh | 7.3 | 9.0 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 2.2 |
| China | 301.5 | 57.5 | 176.4 | 163.6 | 246.3 |
| India | 113.8 | 27.2 | 146.7 | 91.6 | 75.0 |
| Indonesia | 12.5 | 20.3 | 68.0 | 59.4 | 41.3 |
| Japan | 13.3 | 14.8 | 53.3 | 49.8 | 44.0 |
| Korean Republic | 12.4 | 4.7 | 22.5 | 21.8 | 10.8 |
| Pakistan | 63.1 | 26.8 | 159.0 | 113.6 | 55.9 |
| Taiwan | 10.9 | 2.9 | 29.8 | 31.3 | 7.6 |
| Thailand | 13.1 | 8.8 | 24.1 | 22.1 | 15.3 |
| Other Asia and Oceania | 1.6 | 17.1 | 18.4 | 6.7 | 4.2 |
| Asia Totals | 549.5 | 189.1 | 711.9 | 571.7 | 502.6 |
| Brazil | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| Canada | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chile | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Ecuador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Guatemala | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Honduras | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mexico | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Peru | 11.9 | 2.4 | 28.2 | 13.6 | 1.9 |
| Salvador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Venezuela | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Western Hemisphere Totals | 15.8 | 6.6 | 33.9 | 19.6 | 10.1 |
| Rest of World | 16.0 | 3.8 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| World Totals | 604.2 | 226.8 | 832.5 | 652.5 | 581.8 |
Source - USDA-FAS U.S. Export Sales - March 4, 2010
1996 - 2010 sales listed in thousand running bales
* 2009/10 sales listed in running bales through February 26, 2010
NOTE: The figures represented in this table may not exactly match those presented in the USDA-FAS report due to variances in rounding. The information contained herein should only be used for reference purposes.
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