U.S. bumped to fourth place as world wheat exporter

摘要

For the second consecutive year, the United States will export less wheat than its northern neighbor, Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's updated world wheat supply-and-demand projections for 2015-16. In fact, the United States will be fourth among wheat-exporting nations in the current year trailing not only Canada but also Russia and the European Union. The United States was last the world's leading wheat exporter in 2012-13. In 2013-14, the United Stateswas barely eked out of the No. 1 position by the European Union. The" United States was the largest wheat exporter in 7 of the past 10 years but was replaced at the top spot in each of the last three.