For the week ending January 14, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions totaled 3.3 million metric tons (MMT).
Total grain inspections were down 6 percent from the previous week, up 51 percent from last year, and up 61 percent above the 3-year average.
The decrease in inspections mainly reflected a 33-percent drop in corn inspections. Corn shipments were down, primarily to Asia.
Wheat inspections decreased slightly, and soybean inspections increased 11 percent from the past week.
Total grain inspections were down 14 percent from the previous week in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), and in the Mississippi Gulf.
