Another paltry wheat export inspections tally

Corn and soybean export inspections met expectations, with soybean shipments near the high end of pre-report estimates.

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USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Oct. 28, 2021

Corn

Actual (MT)

619,340

Expectations (MT)

475,000-900,000

Comments

Inspections dropped slightly from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 21.5% behind year-ago, which compares to 23.6% behind year-ago last week. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.500 billion bu. is 9.2% below 2020-21.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

115,341

Expectations (MT)

150,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections fell 82,138 MT from previous week’s light tally. Shipments are running 15.4% behind year-ago vs. 14.5% behind year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 875 million bu., 11.8% below 2020-21.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

2,272,003

Expectations (MT)

1,850,000-2,300,000

Comments

Export inspections dropped 293,926 MT from last week’s tally, which was revised up 462,424 MT from the initial figure. Inspections are running 36.7% behind year-ago, which compares to 45.0% behind year-ago the week prior. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.090 billion bu. is 7.7% below 2020-21.