Export Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities

The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 requires mandatory reporting by all exporting firms of selected U.S. produced agricultural commodities. The published data serves as an "early warning" of sales activity and provides basis for more informed decisions by producers, exporters, futures market participants, consumers, and government officials. The respondents include any person or company who sells a reportable commodity to a foreign buyer. The export sales reporting system provides commodity market participants with information about commodity export commitments, and is one means by which USDA seeks to insure families and soundness in commodity marketing.

The latest form for Export Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities expires 2023-10-31 and can be found here.