For the week ending March 28, total inspections of grain for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 2.45 million metric tons (mmt).
This is a 7% increase from the previous week, a 2% decrease from last year, and is 2% above the 3-year average.
Total wheat and corn inspections drove the increase in total grain inspections, with wheat increasing 9% from the previous week and corn jumping 26%.
Shipments of corn rebounded primarily to Latin America. Soybean inspections, however; were down 15% from last week. Mississippi Gulf and Pacific Northwest (PNW) ispections increased 13% and 9%, respectively.
