Weekly wheat inspections land above pre-report estimates

Wheat inspections in week ended July 20 were up 85,621 MT from the previous week and above the pre-report range. Soybean inspections rose notably from the previous week, while corn fell 100,000 MT.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended July 20, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

309,981

Expectations (MT)

250,000-600,000

Comments

Export inspections are down 101,449 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 33.0% behind a year-ago, compared to 32.7% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.725 billion bu., 30.2% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

358,796

Expectations (MT)

150,000-350,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 85,621 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 16.9% behind a year-ago, compared to 16.2% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2023-24 at 725 million bu., down 6.5% from the previous marketing year.

Soybeans

Actual (MT)

283,378

Expectations (MT)

100,000-300,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 123,073 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 5.5% behind a year ago, compared to 5.3% behind last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.000 billion bu. is 7.3% below 2021-22.