HFCS exports picked up a bit in January, totaling 77,914 metric tons, dry basis: 72,688 MT of HFCS-55 and 5,225 MT of HFCS-42. HFCS-55 shipments were up 16 percent from December and up 13 percent year over year, while HFCS-42 exports were down 9 [...]
USITC data for December show the U.S. exported 73,330 MT (dry weight) of HFCS during the month: 3,375 MT of HFCS-42 and 69,955 MT of HFCS-55, which raised cumulative 2018 HFCS exports to 1.046 MMT, slightly lower than annual exports in 2016 and 2017. [...]
For the marketing year to date (October through April), Mexico’s imports of HFCS-55 total an estimated 467,666 metric tons (MT), dry basis, a decline of 2.3 percent from imports of 478,602 MT a year ago. Given the high prices for domestic sugar in Mexico, [...]
