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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 22, 1972
U.S, Farm Exports Hit
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz last week said that
U.S. agricultural exports in the
fiscal year just ended rose to an
all-time high of $8 billion.
He said preliminary data show
that farm exports in fiscal year
1971-72 were about $2OO million
more than the all-time record of
$7.8 billion the preceding year, a
gain of 3 per cent. Official figures
are due late this month.
The total included shipments of
more than $l billion worth of
animals and animal products, a
record for that category, and
more than $2 billion in soybeans
and products, the first time ex
ports of any commodity have
exceeded $2 billion.
“Annual farm exports,” the
Secretary said, “are well on their
way to the $lO billion goal set for
us by President Nixon. Exports
have gone up for three con-
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secutive years after declining in
the preceding two years. Ship
ments in 1971-72 were almost 40
per cent above the $5.7 billion
recorded in fiscal 1969.”
He added;
a “This entire rise has been in
commercial dollar sales, which
have gone up by almost 50 per
cent in three years. Non
commercial sales—those made
under Government programs—
have held steady at around $1
billion.
“I am particularly pleased that
American farmers and their
supporting industries have been
able to achieve this new record in
the past 12 months—despite the
strikes that curtailed shipments
from American ports over a
period of several months. If we
can avoid such disruptions in the
year ahead, we should be able to
achieve a still larger increase m
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export sales.
“Our agricultural and trade
policies will be directed strongly
toward that end. World markets
remain strong, and we will
continue to administer policies
and programs in ways that
enable our agriculture to benefit
from the growth in consumer
demand around the world. For
example, the new three-year
grain agreement with the Soviet
Union is a major breakthrough in
our export trade.”
Exports the first half of 1971-72
were curtailed by long
shoremen’s strikes, in
ternational monetary un
certainty, and increased world
production of grains, especially
wheat.
The export increase occurred
during the second half of the
year, when estimated shipments
reached a record $4.2 billion.
Accelerating economic growth,
reduced grain harvests in some
countries, particularly Argen
tina, and an improved U.S.
competitive situation in some
countries because of the currency
realignments helped spark the
gains.
Increases were shown for
soybeans and products, cotton,
fruits, nuts, vegetables, and
animals and animal products.
Exports of grains and
preparations were down, and
tobacco and rice were about the
same as a year ago.
Exports of soybeans and
products hit a new record of over
$2 billion in 1971-72. The increase
was accounted for by both in
creased volume and higher
prices
Soybean exports rose to over
340 million bushels, up about 3
per cent from a year earlier,
while value rose 14 per cent to
$1.4 billion.
Exports of soybeans meal, at
4.3 million tons, were about the
same as a year earlier However,
higher prices caused value to
jump about $lO million.
On the other hand, exports of
soybean oil declined about 200
million pounds from the record of
a year earlier, primarily because
of reduced shipments under
programs to Yugoslavia and
Pakistan. Much of this loss was
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made up by stepped-up ship
ments of cottonseed oil,
especially to Western Europe.
Exports of grains and
preparations fell about 6 per cent,
to $2.5 billion, from last year’s
$2.7 billion. Wheat accounted for
most of the decline, totaling
about 620 million bushels in 1971-
72, compared with 738 million in
the previous year. Exports were
down sharply to India,
Pakistan, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil,
the European Community (EC),
and the United Kingdom.
However, feed grain exports
gained about IVfe million tons in
fiscal year 1972. They totaled 20.5
million tons. The gain occurred
mostly in the latter months of the
year. The purchase of 3 million
tons by the USSR contributed to
the overall gain, and exports to
the EC were over half-a-million
tons larger than the previous
year.
Feed gain shipments to Japan
declined over 2 million tons, with
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elsewhere in 1971-72. In addition,
the use of 1.5 million tons of
surplus rice for feed reduced
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during 1971-72.
The value of tobacco exports,
including bulk smoking tobacco,
totaled $570 million, about the
same as a year earlier. The
quantity fell to about 560 million
pounds from the 584 million
pounds a year earlier. Exports
declined to the United Kingdom
and the EC, primarily West
Germany, in the past year.
Exports of animals and animal
products exceeded $1 billion, for
the first time. This new record
was achieved primarily by in
creased shipments of dairy
products, primarily butter; and
hides and skins. However, ex
ports of meats, primarily beef,
also gained. The tight world
butter market, caused by
reduced production in Europe
and New Zealand.