exporters of WE reported sales of 598.1 thousand tons of but of the 2022/23 harvest in the week ended February 23, informed this Thursday 2, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Sales were 27% lower than the previous week and 48% lower than the average of the previous four weeks.
During the week, the main buyers were Mexico (207.4 thousand t), Japan (111.9 thousand t), Colombia (103.7 thousand t), China (76 thousand t) and undisclosed destinations (30.8 thousand t), which compensate for the cancellations made by Honduras (2.2 thousand t) and El Salvador (2 thousand t).
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For the 2023/24 agricultural campaign, they have not been declared.
Sales were near the bottom of analysts’ forecasts consulted by Dow Jones Newswirewhich forecast a volume of between 500,000 tonnes and 1.2 million tonnes in the week.
Shipments for the period totaled 666,400 tonnes in the week, 3% lower than the previous week, but 13% higher than the previous four-week average.
The main destinations were Mexico (338.7 thousand t), Colombia (126.7 thousand t), Japan (85.4 thousand t), Honduras (51.9 thousand t) and Canada (14.6 thousand t).
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