date:Feb 11, 2014
s projected at 4,690,000 tonnes, down 100,000 tonnes, or 2%, from January and down 36,000 tonnes from 2012-13. Exports for the current year were forecast at 2,399,000 tonnes, down 223,000 tonnes, or 8.5%, from January but up 427,000 tonnes, or 22%, from last year, although shipments to the United States were unchanged from January. Ending stocks were forecast at 947,000 tonnes, down 22,000 tonnes, or 2%, from January and down 513,000 tonnes, or 35%, from 2012-13.