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Top 10 Producers of Corn in 2016 Major Exporters & Importers of Corn in 2016
(1000 Metric Tons)
(1,000 Metric Tons) Exports Imports
Country Quantity* Country Quantity* Country Quantity* Country Quantity*
USA
China 384,778 Ukraine 28,000 USA 56,518 Japan 15,000
Brazil
European Union 219,554 India 26,000 Brazil 31,000 Mexico 13,800
Argentina
91,500 Mexico 26,000 Argentina 25,500 European Union 13,100
60,295 Russia 15,500 Ukraine 18,700 South Korea 9,800
37,500 South Africa 14,600 Russia 5,300 Egypt 9,000
*Estimate Serbia 2,500 Iran 8,500
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture European Union 2,000 Vietnam 8,000
South Africa 2,000 Colombia 4,800
Canada 1,000 Taiwan 4,600
Mexico 800 Algeria 4,500
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Corn commodity prices can 120 Coffee
be affected by a wide range Months (January 2017 - December 2017)
of factors, but the two most L 100 January
important determiners of the February
price of corn options are the O 80
weather, as with any agricultural March
product, and the worldwide 60 April
trend in energy prices, as a May
result of corn being used in the T 40 June
July
production of ethanol. S 20 August
September
0 October
November
December
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