Brazil's corn export will reach 2-3 million tons in 2002

Introduction: Sao Paulo, Brazil: according to Brazilian government officials, Brazil still tries to export 2 million tons to 3 million tons of corn in 2002, although the drought in southern Brazil has increased the loss of corn production in the main season The dry weather in Rio Grande and Santa Catalina, Brazil, will lead to a 20% reduction in corn production in the main season, as some analysts expect, but the new record of more than 8 million tons of corn production in the middle season makes up for the shortage of export supply That's according to Silvio Farnese, a spokesman for the Department of agricultural policy under the Brazilian Ministry of agriculture He said farmers are now more motivated to plant mid season corn The government expects exports to reach 3 million tons, which is somewhat surprising, as Brazil also estimated exports to be 2 million tons as of December, before the arrival of dry weather However, export sales will be halved from 5.6 million tons in 2001, mainly due to a significant reduction in corn production in the main season Conab, Brazil's national Commodities Company, last month estimated that corn production in the main quarter of 2001 / 02 (September August) would fall by 12.5% to 30.8 million tons At the end of last year, the government had predicted that corn production in the middle season of 2001 / 02 would be higher than 8 million tons, 26.8% higher than that of last year Brazil's corn is planted in two seasons a year, the main season is in September, and the second winter corn with low yield is from now on Brazil, which used to be a net importer of corn, started exporting last year, surprising the world market.