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U.S Sorghum Headed for China Relocates to Saudi
USAgNet - 04/25/2018

A vessel from the United States carrying 70,000 tonnes of sorghum bound for China has relocated to Dammam, Saudi Arabia. According to the USDA Federal Grains Inspection Service, the BTG EIGER departed with U.S. sorghum from Archer Daniels Midland Co's Corpus Christi Grain Elevator in Texas last month.

Several ships carrying cargos of sorghum from the U.S. to China have changed course since Beijing slapped hefty anti-dumping deposits on U.S. imports of the grain last week.

Currently, there are 22 vessels carrying U.S. sorghum on the water that were loaded for China, according to USDA's data.

China imports sorghum for use in livestock feed and to manufacture the liquor baijiu.

Saudi Arabia is not a big sorghum importer, but it is the world's tenth-largest buyer of corn.

The country is forecast to import 4.5 million tonnes of corn this year, USDA estimates showed. Some of the sorghum is expected to be used to replace corn in animal feed rations.


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