USDA announced a flash sale of about 68 million bushels, or 1.7 million metric tons, of U.S. corn to Mexico, described as the second-largest U.S. corn sale ever reported to the country. Weekly inspections also showed about 20.5 million bushels of corn moving to Mexico for the week ending October 29; separate inspections recorded about 56 million bushels of U.S. soybeans for China.
The large sale adds to confirmed export demand and tightens the U.S. corn balance relative to a no-sale baseline, supporting corn prices. The reported soybean shipments to China also indicate export demand, but the article’s central event is the corn sale.
After 729 past bullish trade events, Corn moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.8%), and +0.5% over 20.
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