Soybean export inspections remain ahead of year-ago

Corn, soybeans and wheat export inspections each topped the previous week, though soybean Inspections continue to run ahead of last year by nearly 3.0%, while corn lags by over 36.0%, with wheat behind by 1.6%.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended March 16, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,188,666

Expectations (MT)

600,000-1,475,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 173,491 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 36.1% behind a year-ago, compared to 37.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

374,224

Expectations (MT)

200,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 117,323 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 1.6% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.0% 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)

716,618

Expectations (MT)

350,000-800,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 83,251 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 2.9% ahead of a year ago, compared to 2.5% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.