Weekly corn inspections top expectations

USDA reported corn inspections of 1.215 MMT in week ended April 13, topping the pre-report range of 700,000 MT to 1.05 MMT

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended April 13, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,215,221

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,050,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 376,056 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 35.6% behind a year-ago, compared to 37.1% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

239,907

Expectations (MT)

200,000-400,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 151,662 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 3.3% behind a year-ago, compared with 2.5% 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)

526,376

Expectations (MT)

300,000-725,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 165,666 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 1.4% ahead of a year ago, compared to 2.4% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.