Soybean export inspections continue to outpace year-ago

USDA reported soybean export inspections of 1.578 MMT for week ended Feb. 16, with inspections outpacing year-ago by 3.5%. Corn, soybeans and wheat inspections were each within their expected ranges.

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(Farm Journal)

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended Feb. 16, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

622,841

Expectations (MT)

500,000-750,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 59,393 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 36.3% behind a year-ago, compared to 34.9% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.925 billion bu., 22.0% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

373,429

Expectations (MT)

300,000-525,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 98,898 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 2.8% behind a year-ago, compared with 1.5% 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)

1,578,066

Expectations (MT)

1,000,000-1,965,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 115,222 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 3.5% ahead of a year ago, compared to 1.6% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 1.990 billion bu. is 8.0% below 2021-22.