Weekly soybean export inspections increase, corn inspections decline

Soybean inspections running stronger than normal during this time of year.

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USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended June 9, 2022

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,199,976

Expectations (MT)

1,000,000-1,750,000

Comments

Export inspections declined 258,543 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 17.1% behind year-ago, which compares to 16.9% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 2.450 billion bu., 11.0% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

388,847

Expectations (MT)

275,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections increased modestly from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 11.4% behind year-ago, compared with 16.1% ahead of year-ago last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 775 million bu., down 3.7% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

605,129

Expectations (MT)

275,000-675,000

Comments

Export inspections increased 239,674 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 11.5% behind year-ago, compared to 12.4% last week. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.170 billion bu. is 4.0% below 2020-21.