The U.S. Agriculture Department saidprivate U.S. exporters reported new sales of 900,000 tonnes of
corn to the Soviet Union and 350,000 tonnes of corn switched
from previously announced unknown destinations to the USSR.
    The corn is for delivery during the 1986/87 marketing year
and under the fourth year of the U.S.-USSR Long Term Grain
Supply Agreement, the USDA said.
    The department said exporters also reported corn sales of
143,000 tonnes for delivery to Taiwan, with 56,000 tonnes for
shipment in the 1986/87 season and the balance for shipment in
the 1987/88 year.
    The marketing year for corn began September 1.
    Sales of corn to the USSR for delivery during the fourth
year of the agreement, which ends this September 30, now total
2.25 mln tonnes.
 Reuter
