NORFOLK, VA – Corn exports through the Norfolk customs district reached their highest level in four decades during the 2025/26 marketing year, giving U.S. growers another important outlet for overseas demand.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service data show Norfolk exported about 68.5 million bushels of corn, up 472% from the previous five-year average. The total was the highest since the 1984/85 marketing year.
Spain was the largest destination at roughly 15.7 million bushels, followed by Morocco at about 15.4 million. Jamaica received about 4.3 million bushels, while Egypt took nearly 3.9 million.
USDA says the corn likely moved through Perdue Agribusiness’s Chesapeake export terminal, the only deepwater bulk grain export facility on the East Coast. The terminal can receive grain by truck, barge and rail.
Expanded East Coast export activity gives grain shippers another route to world markets and could strengthen transportation options for producers across the eastern Corn Belt and Mid-Atlantic.
Farm-Level Takeaway: Stronger Norfolk exports add another competitive outlet for U.S. corn and could support regional grain movement and basis.