Soybean inspections near the top of trade expectations
USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections Week Ended May 12, 2022 |
|
Corn |
|
Actual (MT) |
1,036,549 |
Expectations (MT) |
750,000-1,750,000 |
Comments |
Export inspections declined 440,697 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 17.4% behind year-ago, which compares to 16.2% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 2.500 billion bu., 9.2% below the previous marketing year. |
Wheat |
|
Actual (MT) |
348,048 |
Expectations (MT) |
100,000-400,000 |
Comments |
Export inspections declined 85,129 MT from the previous week’s figure. Shipments are running 20.6% behind year-ago, which compares to 20.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 810 million bu., down 18.9% from the previous marketing year. |
Soybeans |
|
Actual (MT) |
784,187 |
Expectations (MT) |
250,000-800,000 |
Comments |
Export inspections rose 279,746 MT from last week’s tally. Inspections are running 13.8% behind year-ago, compared to 14.7% last week. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.140 billion bu. is 5.4% below 2020-21. |