This article has been reprinted from USDA's June 25 Grain Transportation Report.
Export Sales
For the week ending July 11, unshipped balances of wheat, corn, and soybeans totaled 19.1 mmt.
This indicates a 13 percent decrease in outstanding sales, compared to the same time last year.
Net corn export sales reached .200 mmt, down 60 percent from the previous week.
Net soybean export sales totaled .128 mmt, down 17 percent from the past week.
Net weekly wheat export sales reached .347 mmt, up 22 percent from the previous week.
Rail
U.S. Class I railroads originated 24,219 grain carloads for the week ending July 13.
This is a 2 percent increase from the previous week, 2 percent lower than last year, and 1 percent below the 3-year average.
Average August shuttle secondary railcar bids/offers (per car) were $56 below tariff for the week ending July 18.
This is $33 less than last year.
There were no shuttle bids/offers last week.
Average non-shuttle bids/offers were $100 above tariff, up $25 from last week.
There were no non-shuttle bids/offers this week last year.
Barge
For the week ending July 20, barge grain movements totaled 773,168 tons.
This is a 14 percent increase from the previous week and 19 percent higher than the same period last year.
For the week ending July 20, 490 grain barges moved down river.
This is 62 more barges than the previous week.
There were 415 grain barges unloaded in New Orleans, 39 percent more than the previous week.
Ocean
For the week ending July 18, 18 ocean-going grain vessels were loaded in the Gulf.
This is 47 percent fewer than the same period last year.
Fifty-nine vessels are expected to be loaded within the next 10 days.
This is 5 percent more than the same period last year.
As of July 18, the rate for shipping a metric ton (mt) of grain from the U.S. Gulf to Japan was $49.50.
This is 6 percent more than the previous week.
The rate from the PNW to Japan was $27.00 per mt, 6 percent more than the previous week.