Corn inspections miss pre-report range

Corn inspections in week ended June 22 fell short of the expected pre-report range by over 150,000 MT and were down over 280,000 MT on the week. Wheat and soybean inspections landed in their lower respective ranges.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended June 22, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

542,727

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,250,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 288,272 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 31.5% behind a year-ago, compared to 30.7% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.725 billion bu., 30.2% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

203,724

Expectations (MT)

200,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 31,451 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 43.5% behind a year-ago, compared to 43.6% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 6.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

141,158

Expectations (MT)

125,000-300,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 38,390 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 4.4% behind a year ago, compared to 3.8% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.000 billion bu. is 7.3% below 2021-22.