Net export sales for the week ending on Jan. 12 were 218,300 bales (480 pounds). This brings total 2022-23 sales to about 9.5 million bales. Total sales at the same point in the 2021-22 marketing year were about 12.0 million bales. Total new crop, 2023-24, sales are 1.3 million bales.
Shipments for the week were 195,100 bales, bringing total exports to date to 4.4 million bales, compared with the 3.7 million bales at the comparable point in the 2021-22 marketing year.