Another week of solid corn export inspections

Weekly export inspections for week ended March 9, showed corn inspections for the week at over 999,000 MT, near top-end pre-report estimates, while soybeans were mid-range. Wheat inspections were just shy expectations.

USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
USDA Weekly Export Sales Report
(Pro Farmer)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended March 9, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

999,388

Expectations (MT)

500,000-1,225,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 66,076 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 37.0% behind a year-ago, compared to 38.3% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

249,017

Expectations (MT)

250,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 92,070 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 2.0% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.1% behind a year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 775 million bu., down 3.1% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

618,803

Expectations (MT)

300,000-950,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 66,415 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 2.5% ahead of a year ago, compared to 2.9% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.