U. S. Agricultural Exports in Fiscal Year 1964-65 Totaled a Record $6.1 Billion, for Second Consecutive Year

Excerpts from the report: U.S. agricultural exports totaled a record $6,096 million in fiscal year 1964-65 compared with the $6,067 million a year earlier. The export picture in 1964-65 was dominated by a substantial rise in U.S. exports of corn, soybeans, cottonseed and soybean oils, oilcake and meal, inedible tallow, hides and skins, and dairy products. However, these gains were about offset by declines in wheat and flour, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, meats and products, poultry meat, and rye. Export records were established for corn, grain sorghums, soybeans, inedible tallow and greases, variety meats, hides and skins, oilcake and meal, and soybean oil. Commercial sales for dollars, accounting for about three-fourths of the total, amounted to $4.4 billion, while exports under Government-financed programs totaled an estimated $1.7 billion.