—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 12, 1972
8
Ag Exports Hit Record High
(Continued From Page 7)
exports, including the equivalent
of oilseeds, accounted for about
one-half of the world export total.
Exports of grains and
preparations fell about 4 per cent.
Wheat accounted for the decline,
totaling around 632 million
bushels compared with 738
million a year earlier as in
creased gram production,
especially of wheat, in the
Northern Hemisphere reduced
the demand for U S. wheat.
A considerable part of the drop
in wheat exports can be traced to
losses during the longshoremen’s
strikes. For example, wheat
exports through the west coast
ports declined to 176 million
bushels, from 214 million a year
earlier. Down sharply were
exports to India, Pakistan,
Brazil, Japan, the EC, and the
United Kingdom. Exports to
Japan alone plunged from 106
million bushels to 80 million.
Advancing somewhat, however,
were exports to Iran, Mexico,
Peru, Afghanistan, Syria, and
Pakistan.
The average export value of
wheat rose to $1.68 per bushel,
from $1.65 per bushel in 1970-71
when feed wheat accounted for a
large part of the total. This year,
with the sharp drop m feedgrain
prices, feed wheat exports fell.
Exports of feedgrains rose
about 1.7 million tons, to a total of
20.8 million. All the increase
occurred in the latter months of
the year The continued growth of
demand for livestock products
throughout the developed and
developing countries has created
more demand for U.S
feedgrains. The current world
meat shortage, in particular, has
encouraged many livestock
producers around the world to
feed animals to heavier weights.
Purchase of 2.5 million tons of
feedgrams by the USSR last
fall—most of which moved in the
second half of fiscal 1972
contributed to the overall gains;
and exports to the EC were over
one-half million tons larger than
a year earlier. Also, reduced
coarse grain production in some
countries caused many foreign
purchasers to turn to the United
States for their feedgrain sup
plies. Corn production in
Argentina, for example, fell by 4
million tons, and grain sorghum
production, by 2.3 million. Corn
production in South Africa rose to
record levels, but South African
exports are somewhat limited by
handling and transportation
facilities.
The rise in U.S. feedgrain
exports might have been even
larger had not shipments to
Japan declined by over 2 million
tons, as Japan made more coarse
grain purchases elsewhere —
especially in Australia, Brazil,
South Africa, and Thailand. In
addition, Japan reduced its
feedgrain import requirements
by using 1.5 million tons of sur
plus rice for feed.
Tobacco exports, including
bulk tobacco, totaled about the
same in value as a year earlier.
Quantity, however, fell to about
557 million pounds from 584
million. The decline was in ex
ports of flue-cured tobacco to the
United Kingdom and the EC,
primarily West Germany. Other
tobacco exports increased, in
cluding those of hurley,
Maryland, and dark firecured.
Exports of bulk smoking tobacco
also increased, to 33 million
pounds compared with 29 million
a year ago.
Tobacco exports to Japan rose
to 63 million pounds from 54
million the year before Most
importing countries, however,
have been maintaining tobacco
stocks at relatively low levels
during the past year. Uncertainly
about Rhodesia’s future as an
exporter has caused many
foreign buyers to purchase only
for current needs.
Exports of animals and animal
' products exceeded $l billion for
the first time. This new record
was achieved primarily by in
creases for dairy products
(primarily butter) and hides and
skins, though meats—
particularly beef and pork—also
gained.
Dairy product exports rose in
value by nearly one-half from a
year earlier. All the increase was
accounted for by butter exports,
which leaped to $63 million from
$3 million in 1971. The United
Kingdom took nearly all of this
gain. The substantial reduction in
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production around the world has
been rising steadily in recent
years, it has failed to meet the
rise in world demand from rapid
growth in income.
Exports of animal fats and oils
fell by about 16 per cent from
those of 1970-71. Increased lard
production and availability in
Western Europe resulted in a
substantial decline of U.S. ex
ports to the United Kingdom, the
most important market. Inedible
tallow exports rose by about $l4
million because of lower prices.
Poultry and poultry product
exports rose 3 percent with most
of the increase occurring in
poultry meat, especially exports
of chickens to Japan and Canada.
The total for turkeys declined
slightly because of higher EC
supplemental levies, which ef
fectively curtailed shipments to
that area. Other poultry products
showed relatively little change.
Combined exports of baby chicks,
breeding chicks, and other chicks
totaled about $2O million, about
the same as a year ago.