USDA’s Weekly Grain Export Inspections Week Ended Jan. 27, 2022 | |
Corn | |
Actual (MT) | 1,035,734 |
Expectations (MT) | 950,000-1,400,000 |
Comments | Inspections declined 150,351 MT from last week’s figure, which was revised up 70,354 MT from the original figure. Inspections are running 12.4% behind year-ago, which compares to 13.0% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 2.425 billion bu., 11.9% below the previous marketing year. |
Wheat | |
Actual (MT) | 361,375 |
Expectations (MT) | 300,000-500,000 |
Comments | Export inspections were down 49,636 MT from the previous week’s figure, which was increased 10,038 MT from the original figure. Shipments are running 18.0% behind year-ago, which compares to 18.2% behind last week. USDA projects exports in 2021-22 at 825 million bu., down 16.8% from the previous marketing year. |
Soybeans | |
Actual (MT) | 1,411,411 |
Expectations (MT) | 800,000-1,450,000 |
Comments | Export inspections increased 61,747 MT from last week’s tally, which was increased 51,862 MT. Inspections remain running 23.6% behind year-ago, compared to 23.7% last week. USDA’s 2021-22 export forecast of 2.050 billion bu. is 9.5% below 2020-21. |
Corn, wheat export inspections decline, soybeans increase
All within expectations
![“Asian exporters are paying premium shipping rates, sometimes 10 times what the rate is for going from the [United] States back to Asia, and this shipping rate disparity incentivizes sending back those empty containers,” Borror said.](https://assets.farmjournal.com/dims4/default/8fa2ab0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/840x561+0+20/resize/800x534!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffj-corp-pub.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fs3fs-public%2F2021-02%2FExport-ship-840.jpg)
(Farm Journal File)