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May is World Trade Month, and USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service is marking the occasion by sharing some of the most recent facts and figures about U.S. agricultural trade.

The American agricultural sector posted its best export year ever in 2022 with international sales of U.S. farm and food products reaching $196 billion.

The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today.

WASHINGTON, November 6, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year; Export sales of 272,150...

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Optional origin sales of 207,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2020/2021 marketing year. An optional...

WASHINGTON, October 22, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 152,404 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2020/2021 marketing year; Export sales of 132,000...

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year and; Export sales...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 132,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2018/2019 marketing year; and Export sales of 120...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2018/2019 marketing year; and Cancellations of...

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2018 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 100,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 130,632...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 115,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 106,000...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 116,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 28,000...