US soybean futures up on increased overseas demand

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US soybean futures up on increased overseas demand

Exporters sell more than double 2012 numbers, China top buyer

Release Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Soybean futures rose for the third time the week of October 20 after the U.S. government reported increased overseas demand.

In the week ended October 3, exporters sold 929,752 metric tons of soybeans for delivery before September 30, more than double 2012 numbers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest report. The top buyer was China, the world's biggest consumer. Sales of soybean meal jumped to 850,141 tons, the most since before 1990, government data showed.

U.S. exporters just keep selling soybeans to China and other overseas customers," said Roy Huckabay, an executive vice president at Chicago-based Linn Group. "The jump in meal sales is the big surprise and the main driver for higher prices today."

Soybean futures for delivery in January climbed 0.2 percent to $13.065 per bushel at 10:23 a.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybean-meal futures for December delivery rose 1.1 percent to $425.90 for 2,000 pounds, after touching $427.40, the highest since September 19.

In the 12 months that started October 1, China's soybean imports may jump 16 percent to a record 69 million metric tons from a year earlier, and corn shipments might more than double to 7 million metric tons, according to the USDA.

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中國從美國進口大豆的數量竟然已經高達到6900萬噸

007畜牧

bonderic 發表于 2013-10-31 11:44
中國從美國進口大豆的數量竟然已經高達到6900萬噸

簡單地說，公噸是tonne或者metric ton，噸是ton。1公噸（tonne, metric ton）= 1000公斤，1噸（ton）= 1016公斤（Br）或907.2公斤（US）。但事情并不是這么簡單。
　　公噸是公制的單位，在英文中原本的表達法為tonne或者metric ton。由于用公噸的人太多，人都喜歡偷懶，故常把metric ton縮略為ton。國外客戶說ton的時候，有可能是指metric ton。我們中國人說噸，其實指的都是公噸，因為中國采用公制。（我們說1噸等于1000公斤，也證明了我們所說的噸，其實是公噸。）
　　噸（原本意義上的噸）是英制單位，英文中是ton。英國和美國對ton的定義不同。在英國1 ton等于1016公斤，因此英國的噸又成為long ton（長噸）；在美國1 ton等于907公斤，因此美國的噸又成為short ton（短噸）。
　　

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007畜牧 發表于 2013-10-31 14:07
簡單地說，公噸是tonne或者metric ton，噸是ton。1公噸（tonne, metric ton）= 1000公斤，1噸（ton）= 10 ...

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