The strong pace of corn shipments accelerated the entry of trucks into the port terminals of Greater Rosario this Tuesday. According to the data compiled, 4,258 vehicles were counted, 37.6% more than the 3,095 registered the previous day and 23% above the comparable date in 2025. The main protagonist was corn, with 2,232 trucks—more than half of the total—amid a high volume of external sales and sustained demand from various markets.
The activity was reflected at a Bunge terminal in Puerto General San Martín, in Greater Rosario, where long lines of vehicles waiting to unload were observed. Specialists linked the increased activity to the late corn harvest, the shipping schedule, and the competitiveness achieved by Argentine grain in destinations in Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. The multinational confirmed that the arrivals were of corn. For reference, the corn harvest was projected by the Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) at 70.5 million tons, a record.
According to an AgroEntregas report corresponding to August 25, there were 4,258 trucks at the start of the day, with an estimated load of 136,256 tons. Of that total, 2,232 vehicles were carrying corn—just over 52%—while 1,484 carried soybeans, 417 wheat, 58 sunflower, 57 sorghum, and 10 barley.
The year-on-year contrast shows the magnitude of the phenomenon more clearly. On the comparable date in 2025, 3,454 trucks had been counted, so the current total is 23% higher. Compared with 2024, when there were 2,739 units, the increase reaches 55%. However, the most significant jump corresponds to corn: the current 2,232 trucks exceed by 142% the 922 recorded a year earlier. Soybeans, on the other hand, went from 2,088 trucks in 2025 to 1,484 this year.
Export sources explained that behind this acceleration are the corn shipments committed for these weeks, which force companies to intensify the inflow of merchandise to the terminals. As of August 24, the Sworn Declarations of Foreign Sales (DJVE) for corn with a shipping period during this month reached 6.51 million tons, while for September there are another 3.51 million. In a single recent day alone, companies had registered operations for more than two million tons for different shipping periods.
“The shipments of corn to port have been very firm for a while now, since the late corn harvest began,” explained Javier Preciado Patiño, director of RIA Consultores and specialist in agricultural markets. According to him, the phenomenon continues even despite the inconveniences related to grain moisture and has led to the flow of corn to the ports currently exceeding that of soybeans.
The specialist also highlighted the diversification of buyers. “Corn is one of the crops that is most distributed among clients. We export it to all of South America, North Africa, Asia, and Southeast Asia,” he indicated.
According to Preciado Patiño, among the destinations that currently show significant participation are Vietnam and Malaysia, while one of the most relevant changes of this campaign is observed in the advance into markets in North Africa and the Middle East. There he mentioned buyers such as Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.
“Perhaps when we analyze the entire campaign, the difference will be in how well Argentine corn positioned itself in the North African destinations,” he stated. He explained that these are, in several cases, markets that could traditionally be supplied by grain from the Black Sea region, but to which Argentina is managing to arrive with competitive prices.
The pace of business had already been showing a strong acceleration. In March, at the start of the commercial campaign, the DJVE for corn with shipping scheduled for that month had reached 6.84 million tons, a historical record for that period. Buying pressure intensified again during August and has now translated into the inflow of merchandise to the ports.
Gustavo Idígoras, president of the Chamber of the Oilseed Industry of the Argentine Republic and of the Cereal Exporters Center (Ciara-CEC), also linked this scenario to international tensions. He noted that the wars affecting important supplier countries such as Ukraine and Russia, together with logistical problems around the Strait of Hormuz, create opportunities for Argentina to increase its participation as a food supplier.
For Idígoras, in an international scenario hit by armed conflicts and difficulties on some of the main trade routes, “Argentina can gain ground as a reliable supplier, located in a region far from those points of tension.” The strong movement of trucks currently observed at the terminals of Greater Rosario is precisely one of the first logistical expressions of that greater demand.
Gustavo López, president of the consulting firm Agritrend, noted that the export sector has already purchased around 35 million tons of corn from the current campaign, of which about 29 million have a fixed price. If industry purchases are also included, the total volume acquired rises to 38.3 million tons, with about 32 million already priced.
According to López, the shipping potential of the campaign could be between 43 and 45 million tons. Therefore, “the export sector would still need to buy about 10 million and put a price on around 16 million.” For the new campaign, the export sector has already purchased about 3.5 million tons, of which around 2 million have a fixed price.
Jeremías Battistoni, analyst at AZ Group, highlighted that the commercialization of the grain shows a particularly intense pace. According to the data handled by the consulting firm, around 60% of the corn from the campaign is already committed and 49% of the production has a fixed price—percentages that are above those recorded at the same point in the previous cycle.
He said that in recent weeks the improvement in weather conditions allowed the harvest to accelerate in regions where work had been delayed, especially in western Buenos Aires and northern Córdoba, where record yields are also being obtained. That greater availability of merchandise began, in turn, to translate into an increase in the flow of deliveries to buyers and terminals.
“We see the delivery flow reflected in the price of corn, which fell from US$190 on the spot market in mid-July—amid the harvest delay and with demand from ships—to the current US$178,” he indicated. In other words, the progress of the harvest and the greater inflow of merchandise began to ease the tension that the spot market had shown weeks earlier. Exports would have a possible balance of 36 million tons and already register 35 million tons purchased.