Weekly wheat inspections fall short of pre-report estimates

Weekly wheat inspections dropped by over 100,000 MT from the previous week and were over 90,000 MT short of the pre-report range. Meanwhile, corn and soybean inspections rose slightly from the previous week.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended August 10, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

398,269

Expectations (MT)

275,000-500,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 10,296 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 32.9% behind a year-ago, compared to 33.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.725 billion bu., 30.2% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

183,289

Expectations (MT)

275,000-550,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 109,675 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 17.5% behind a year-ago, compared to 14.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 6.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

297,797

Expectations (MT)

150,000-350,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 13,420 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 7.6% behind a year ago, compared to 6.9% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.000 billion bu. is 7.3% below 2021-22.