Corn inspections drop

Corn, soybean and wheat inspections within expectations

FILE PHOTO: Container ships and oil tankers wait in the ocean outside the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
FILE PHOTO: Container ships and oil tankers wait in the ocean outside the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended April 14, 2022

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,139,206

Expectations (MT)

1,050,000-1,800,000

Comments

Export inspections decreased 334,950 MT from last week’s tally, which was increased 55,329 MT from the original figure. Inspections are running 15.9% behind year-ago, which compares to 15.6% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 2.500 billion bu., 9.2% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

432,253

Expectations (MT)

300,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections increased 13,068 MT from the previous week’s figure, which was increased 8,173 MT from the original figure. Shipments are running 18.2% behind year-ago, which compares to 17.8% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 785 million bu., down 20.9% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

972,509

Expectations (MT)

500,000-1,150,000

Comments

Export inspections increased 153,820 MT from last week’s tally, which was increased 52,457 MT from the original figure. Inspections are running 16.8% behind year-ago, compared to 18.3% last week. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.115 billion bu. is 6.5% below 2020-21.


                                
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