Good Grains International, Inc.

Customer Base

The single largest customer base for both the world trade market and the U.S. domestic market are the 2,505 active members of the Chicago Board of Trade.

The Chicago Board of Trade members purchase 100% of the products sold into the U.S. domestic market. The following table summarizes the Chicago Board share of the world trade market for each of the major soybean products in 2000.

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Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Share of World Trade Market 2000

Soybean Product	World Trade Market Million Metric Tons	CBOT Buyers Million Metric Tons	Percentage of World Trade Market Shares
Soybeans	33.00	21.70	65.7%
Soy Meal	30.63	5.26	17.2%
Soybean Oil	6.90	1.33	19.2%
Total	70.50	29.29	40.1%

As indicated above, Chicago Board of Trade buyers purchased 40% of the soybeans sold in the world. The following table summarizes the principal world trade customers on the Chicago Board of Trade by value in 2000:

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Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) & World Trade Market Customers of Soybeans and Soybean Products 1994

Customer	Purchases (Millions of Dollars)	Percentage of CBOT World Trade Customers
European Union	$2,169	39%
Japan	1,223	22%
Taiwan	556	10%
Mexico	723	13%
South Korea	278	5%
Other	1,116	11%
Total	$5,560	100%