Weekly corn inspections steady week over week

Weekly corn inspections were down slightly from the previous week but were near the top-end pre-report estimate of 1.4 MMT. Corn in Wheat and soybean inspections were each near the respective low-end ranges.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended May 25, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,313,411

Expectations (MT)

600,000-1,400,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 12,870 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 32.2% behind a year-ago, compared to 33.1% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

382,031

Expectations (MT)

200,000-600,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 58,063 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 2.2% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.6% 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)

239,736

Expectations (MT)

100,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 73,146 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 2.2% behind a year ago, compared to 1.9% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.