date:Aug 29, 2013
Brazil has emerged as the second-largest market (after China) for U.S. wheat thus far in the 2013-14 marketing year that began June 1. The U.S. Department of Agriculture indicated through Aug. 22, exports and undelivered sales of U.S. wheat to Brazil totaled 1,782,500 tonnes, compared with 50,000 tonnes by the same date a year earlier.
Brazil long has been one of the worlds largest wheat importers but has been able to purchase most of its import requirements from neighboring Argentina. Brazil i