Weekly wheat inspections miss pre-report range

Wheat export inspections in week ended March 30 were reported at 168,543 MT, missing the low-end of the pre-report range by over 130,000 MT. Corn inspections were notable, but still lag last year’s pace by nearly 37%.

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

USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections

Week Ended March 30, 2023

Corn

Actual (MT)

1,097,654

Expectations (MT)

700,000-1,200,000

Comments

Export inspections are up 409,275 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 36.7% behind a year-ago, compared to 36.1% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2022-23 at 1.850 billion bu., 25.1% below the previous marketing year.

Wheat

Actual (MT)

168,543

Expectations (MT)

300,000-450,00

Comments

Export inspections are down 235,310 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 2.1% behind a year-ago, compared with 1.6% 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)

499,054

Expectations (MT)

300,000-950,00

Comments

Export inspections are down 393,032 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 2.8% ahead of a year ago, compared to 2.9% ahead last week. USDA’s 2022-23 export forecast of 2.015 billion bu. is 6.6% below 2021-22.