| Table 20--U.S. corn and sorghum imports (bushels) |
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| Import and mkt yr 1/ | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Annual |
| Corn grain | 1988/89 | | | | | 307,023 | 178,260 | 420,381 | 633,060 | 162,021 | 33,363 | 223,459 | 93,469 | |
| 1989/90 | 38,078 | 307,119 | 297,019 | 98,067 | 247,828 | 92,762 | 182,222 | 162,070 | 275,032 | 33,491 | 135,597 | 32,720 | 1,902,006 |
| 1990/91 | 29,118 | 172,220 | 683,773 | 90,489 | 100,811 | 83,751 | 80,937 | 214,595 | 487,548 | 155,046 | 423,345 | 893,816 | 3,415,448 |
| 1991/92 | 1,100,354 | 2,251,767 | 3,128,935 | 1,420,521 | 1,404,407 | 1,579,933 | 1,962,895 | 2,193,891 | 1,247,071 | 1,380,817 | 1,390,021 | 576,112 | 19,636,725 |
| 1992/93 | 221,471 | 296,504 | 739,778 | 541,980 | 241,471 | 255,908 | 629,207 | 555,199 | 814,925 | 691,647 | 978,610 | 1,124,329 | 7,091,030 |
| 1993/94 | 626,777 | 1,022,455 | 3,559,780 | 3,358,367 | 1,942,517 | 2,652,844 | 3,127,232 | 1,745,743 | 1,401,306 | 639,210 | 363,591 | 375,230 | 20,815,051 |
| 1994/95 | 232,309 | 628,235 | 1,199,480 | 1,346,024 | 1,216,978 | 1,176,476 | 1,342,250 | 1,135,248 | 525,646 | 336,586 | 183,055 | 234,511 | 9,556,798 |
| 1995/96 | 318,102 | 1,323,427 | 2,006,345 | 1,801,397 | 1,492,328 | 1,668,394 | 2,270,362 | 1,548,220 | 1,202,937 | 962,927 | 855,008 | 1,036,853 | 16,486,299 |
| 1996/97 | 1,404,494 | 643,995 | 1,389,335 | 776,086 | 607,483 | 966,255 | 1,288,352 | 1,532,430 | 897,883 | 1,434,669 | 1,135,099 | 1,185,389 | 13,261,470 |
| 1997/98 | 1,372,285 | 247,052 | 585,543 | 315,009 | 361,385 | 309,372 | 915,226 | 2,074,720 | 616,565 | 669,443 | 805,504 | 537,609 | 8,809,714 |
| 1998/99 | 502,848 | 1,175,555 | 2,346,203 | 1,527,655 | 2,021,878 | 2,166,683 | 3,939,874 | 2,555,019 | 740,067 | 542,149 | 588,706 | 699,153 | 18,805,789 |
| 1999/00 | 568,403 | 1,488,967 | 1,489,763 | 1,270,553 | 705,852 | 1,426,171 | 2,142,019 | 2,297,016 | 1,076,936 | 1,064,312 | 898,979 | 315,387 | 14,744,358 |
| 2000/01 | 270,813 | 408,804 | 612,022 | 315,680 | 366,907 | 228,359 | 1,265,321 | 1,402,982 | 454,430 | 479,414 | 401,524 | 617,251 | 6,823,505 |
| 2001/02 | 483,159 | 1,195,423 | 769,935 | 562,556 | 628,529 | 492,956 | 1,203,647 | 2,095,200 | 853,663 | 809,785 | 767,034 | 277,843 | 10,139,730 |
| 2002/03 | 332,934 | 1,166,455 | 1,929,425 | 1,211,048 | 1,302,291 | 1,546,756 | 1,937,233 | 2,566,145 | 648,430 | 515,362 | 587,565 | 702,911 | 14,446,553 |
| 2003/04 | 611,717 | 820,036 | 1,029,687 | 982,981 | 1,496,462 | 1,043,522 | 1,857,319 | 2,144,053 | 1,121,251 | 1,217,543 | 909,629 | 842,169 | 14,076,367 |
| 2004/05 | 531,881 | 398,817 | 704,035 | 523,418 | 612,739 | 567,987 | 1,385,918 | 1,713,392 | 906,990 | 826,287 | 829,283 | 1,829,008 | 10,829,756 |
| 2005/06 | 762,970 | 732,067 | 618,499 | 468,533 | 359,744 | 406,887 | 2,137,589 | 1,581,165 | 418,245 | 694,387 | 328,592 | 297,238 | 8,805,915 |
| 2006/07 | 242,139 | 479,573 | 431,151 | 523,614 | 552,213 | 608,527 | 2,246,950 | 2,607,439 | 621,346 | 1,137,884 | 1,785,953 | 745,906 | 11,982,695 |
| 2007/08 | 854,256 | 595,563 | 734,654 | 659,014 | 923,664 | 1,235,797 | 3,873,306 | 3,445,290 | 2,392,927 | 2,447,810 | 1,937,859 | 920,362 | 20,020,501 |
| 2008/09 | 574,782 | 796,720 | 1,443,349 | 1,240,994 | 1,632,505 | 1,234,189 | 2,614,112 | 1,832,405 | 674,288 | 672,875 | 486,483 | 327,060 | 13,529,763 |
| 2009/10 | 297,375 | 272,271 | 409,889 | 399,057 | 469,987 | 449,680 | 983,024 | 1,550,931 | 597,807 | 851,723 | 854,373 | 1,207,095 | 8,343,211 |
| 2010/11 | 1,270,195 | 1,277,994 | 2,773,222 | 2,692,871 | 2,725,591 | 3,045,325 | 3,969,135 | 4,640,222 | 1,774,745 | 1,831,863 | 485,347 | 1,182,791 | 27,669,302 |
| 2011/12 | 546,166 | 1,209,699 | 2,298,293 | 1,480,309 | 1,081,696 | 1,372,502 | 3,764,436 | 3,806,849 | 3,072,712 | 3,446,317 | 2,855,610 | 4,037,783 | 28,972,372 |
| 2012/13 | 1,683,822 | 10,719,659 | 16,728,874 | 18,286,164 | 17,881,792 | 15,317,820 | 7,692,467 | 16,892,021 | | | | | 105,202,619 |
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| Corn total 2/ | 1988/89 | | | | | 1,633,257 | 1,363,745 | 1,652,748 | 1,957,398 | 1,473,138 | 1,445,408 | 1,182,161 | 1,435,827 | |
| 1989/90 | 980,602 | 1,553,551 | 1,585,306 | 1,042,725 | 1,318,023 | 1,093,249 | 1,358,701 | 1,152,223 | 1,592,669 | 1,341,284 | 1,363,650 | 1,120,191 | 15,502,175 |
| 1990/91 | 1,002,446 | 1,371,470 | 2,122,513 | 1,051,233 | 1,207,722 | 1,071,258 | 1,158,332 | 1,268,015 | 1,500,610 | 1,138,350 | 1,593,987 | 2,041,696 | 16,527,632 |
| 1991/92 | 2,163,449 | 3,563,856 | 4,108,674 | 2,446,193 | 2,645,106 | 2,897,983 | 3,481,281 | 3,425,897 | 2,466,425 | 2,779,462 | 2,579,972 | 1,889,594 | 34,447,891 |
| 1992/93 | 1,661,211 | 1,569,391 | 1,931,736 | 1,921,947 | 1,528,760 | 1,294,573 | 2,096,118 | 2,131,049 | 2,071,384 | 1,937,488 | 2,258,843 | 2,567,615 | 22,970,116 |
| 1993/94 | 2,065,962 | 2,344,854 | 4,840,904 | 4,786,542 | 3,319,609 | 3,835,529 | 4,544,382 | 2,998,735 | 2,500,519 | 1,818,338 | 1,434,811 | 1,450,399 | 35,940,585 |
| 1994/95 | 1,451,530 | 1,571,225 | 2,178,435 | 2,217,829 | 2,242,698 | 1,860,745 | 2,144,726 | 1,976,727 | 1,416,220 | 1,076,144 | 921,488 | 1,305,303 | 20,363,070 |
| 1995/96 | 1,361,794 | 2,429,608 | 2,891,309 | 2,718,090 | 2,666,602 | 2,855,481 | 3,465,421 | 2,682,003 | 2,282,383 | 1,935,752 | 1,821,328 | 2,230,136 | 29,339,907 |
| 1996/97 | 2,837,568 | 2,088,304 | 2,779,111 | 1,847,025 | 1,638,181 | 1,988,369 | 2,429,735 | 2,892,361 | 2,071,710 | 2,566,009 | 2,257,273 | 2,532,536 | 27,928,181 |
| 1997/98 | 2,778,195 | 1,611,117 | 1,715,233 | 1,538,734 | 1,578,634 | 1,427,222 | 2,241,053 | 3,435,535 | 1,899,153 | 1,886,322 | 2,094,867 | 1,912,149 | 24,118,217 |
| 1998/99 | 1,953,697 | 2,410,656 | 3,262,458 | 2,695,695 | 3,097,573 | 3,225,105 | 5,150,915 | 3,880,513 | 1,916,752 | 1,777,206 | 1,876,950 | 1,935,744 | 33,183,263 |
| 1999/00 | 1,870,952 | 2,654,754 | 2,670,185 | 2,567,482 | 1,928,580 | 2,712,739 | 3,556,678 | 3,514,175 | 2,409,249 | 2,367,552 | 2,177,522 | 1,739,384 | 30,169,252 |
| 2000/01 | 1,413,418 | 1,765,919 | 1,835,769 | 1,540,100 | 1,848,527 | 1,638,219 | 2,829,375 | 2,807,630 | 1,955,359 | 1,983,294 | 1,948,470 | 2,271,877 | 23,837,957 |
| 2001/02 | 1,762,246 | 2,890,946 | 2,260,317 | 2,001,889 | 2,186,799 | 1,899,140 | 2,801,521 | 3,698,128 | 2,565,971 | 2,292,121 | 2,400,433 | 1,737,322 | 28,496,831 |
| 2002/03 | 1,853,987 | 3,003,582 | 3,486,202 | 2,821,317 | 3,033,666 | 3,280,383 | 3,704,550 | 4,411,905 | 2,730,457 | 2,308,156 | 2,295,449 | 2,383,498 | 35,313,152 |
| 2003/04 | 2,406,606 | 2,759,321 | 2,946,641 | 2,461,398 | 3,400,410 | 2,843,229 | 3,770,645 | 5,401,064 | 2,941,572 | 3,282,087 | 2,940,674 | 3,106,492 | 38,260,138 |
| 2004/05 | 2,753,225 | 2,564,378 | 2,674,390 | 2,737,772 | 2,584,036 | 2,606,428 | 3,368,648 | 3,752,647 | 2,910,492 | 2,832,080 | 2,512,547 | 3,989,246 | 35,285,890 |
| 2005/06 | 2,915,931 | 2,952,907 | 2,651,986 | 2,614,381 | 2,465,541 | 2,240,944 | 4,174,667 | 3,648,334 | 2,524,378 | 2,677,666 | 2,306,837 | 2,710,193 | 33,883,764 |
| 2006/07 | 2,139,471 | 2,403,110 | 2,293,261 | 2,528,341 | 2,551,770 | 2,507,056 | 4,649,138 | 4,677,733 | 2,965,200 | 3,268,259 | 3,736,742 | 3,269,276 | 36,989,357 |
| 2007/08 | 2,813,409 | 2,991,712 | 2,856,826 | 2,790,427 | 3,267,901 | 3,333,467 | 5,965,169 | 5,750,154 | 4,933,409 | 4,804,914 | 4,642,760 | 3,539,622 | 47,689,769 |
| 2008/09 | 2,971,688 | 3,404,550 | 3,829,995 | 3,483,220 | 3,993,378 | 3,215,121 | 4,600,666 | 4,167,488 | 2,636,376 | 2,720,264 | 2,534,915 | 2,426,320 | 39,983,981 |
| 2009/10 | 2,331,854 | 2,184,955 | 2,133,171 | 2,265,102 | 2,526,251 | 2,466,534 | 3,426,853 | 3,726,202 | 2,890,911 | 3,171,679 | 3,039,397 | 3,711,670 | 33,874,580 |
| 2010/11 | 3,585,497 | 3,324,482 | 4,903,557 | 4,622,265 | 4,955,381 | 5,041,958 | 6,361,159 | 6,913,853 | 4,319,294 | 4,216,613 | 2,684,652 | 3,568,318 | 54,497,029 |
| 2011/12 | 2,564,203 | 3,290,486 | 4,520,237 | 3,592,123 | 3,507,308 | 3,580,169 | 6,139,725 | 6,210,660 | 5,668,264 | 5,707,937 | 5,576,113 | 6,390,372 | 56,747,597 |
| 2012/13 | 3,870,992 | 13,654,158 | 18,988,488 | 20,524,692 | 20,752,274 | 17,533,477 | 10,381,738 | 19,905,799 | | | | | 125,611,618 |
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| Sorghum total 3/ | 1988/89 | | | | | | 15,130 | | 5 | | 14 | | | |
| 1989/90 | | | | | | | 74,979 | 826 | 42,236 | 23,864 | 75,398 | 8,410 | 225,713 |
| 1990/91 | 5,551 | | 60 | | | | 60,462 | 167 | 12 | | 679 | 1,319 | 68,249 |
| 1991/92 | | | | 118 | | | 393 | | 225 | 4,565 | 1,567 | 394 | 7,262 |
| 1992/93 | | | | | | 4,650 | | 148 | 876 | 6,736 | | | 12,410 |
| 1993/94 | | | | 2,859 | 14 | 3,819 | | | 94 | 866 | 118 | | 7,769 |
| 1994/95 | | | | | | | 186 | 3,211 | 964 | | 2,568 | 433 | 7,363 |
| 1995/96 | 591 | | | | | 289 | 387 | 10,329 | 50 | 54 | | 2,605 | 14,304 |
| 1996/97 | | | 179 | 3,476 | | 865 | 776 | 14,477 | 10,156 | 1,748 | 1,824 | 709 | 34,210 |
| 1997/98 | | 395 | | 709 | 683 | 229 | 28 | 840 | 4,723 | 3,061 | | | 10,668 |
| 1998/99 | | 6,850 | 2,756 | 1,294 | | | | 937 | | 779 | 709 | | 13,325 |
| 1999/00 | | 1,125 | 1,688 | | | | | | 350 | | | | 3,163 |
| 2000/01 | | 0 | | | | | | 1,909 | | | | | 1,909 |
| 2001/02 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 95 | 87 | | 182 |
| 2002/03 | | 26 | | 21 | | | 21,846 | | 76 | 213 | | 250 | 22,432 |
| 2003/04 | 786 | | 12 | | | | | 49 | | | | | 847 |
| 2004/05 | | 496 | | | 829 | | 14,737 | 6,955 | 53 | 1,188 | | 787 | 25,045 |
| 2005/06 | | | | | 107 | 787 | 1,417 | | | | | | 2,312 |
| 2006/07 | 168 | | | 68 | 354 | 35,390 | | 16 | | | 571 | 39,165 | 75,732 |
| 2007/08 | 10,968 | 7,874 | 4,625 | | 898 | | 3,367 | 2,073 | 180 | 685 | 118 | 7,874 | 38,662 |
| 2008/09 | 12,590 | 15,747 | 83,786 | 15,747 | 3,937 | 169 | | 438 | 14 | | | | 132,428 |
| 2009/10 | | | | 865 | | 3,817 | 79 | 56 | 433 | 13 | | 129 | 5,391 |
| 2010/11 | 179 | 7,583 | | | 18,662 | 1,031 | 1,385 | 59 | 250 | | | 567 | 29,716 |
| 2011/12 | 71 | 670 | 143 | 11,960 | 9,755 | 24,876 | 17,598 | 7,704 | 26,794 | 4,799 | 247 | 772 | 105,390 |
| 2012/13 | 2,078 | 1,082,687 | 2,777 | 806 | 7,717 | 49,016 | 1,084,744 | 1,625,899 | | | | | 3,855,724 |
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1/ September-August. 2/ Includes whole grain (white, yellow, seed, relief), dry-processed corn (cornmeal for relief, as grain, grits), and wet-processed corn (corn starch, sugar dextrose, |
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glucose, high fructose). 3/ Includes seed and unmilled. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Statistics; and ERS calculations using Census trade statistics. |
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