Seven panamaxes of U.S. soybean meal (SBM) have been purchased by the Thai Feed Import Group since the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) brought the company’s leadership to the U.S. on a September 2013 trade mission that included touring grain export facilities in Washington, visiting with Minnesota soybean growers, inspecting the soybean crop in parts of Minnesota, and attending the U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange in Davenport, Iowa. During February and March 2014, the Thai group purchased two panamaxes from ADM and Bunge with an additional two purchased targeted for November/December 2014 from Bunge. In November 2014, the company purchased three panamaxes again from Bunge equaling about 180,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. SBM, bringing the 2014 total to seven.