Following are highlights of the Weekly Grain Export Inspections Report for the week ended April 12, 2012:
USDA Weekly Grain Export Inspections
Week Ended April 12, 2012
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Actual (million bu.)
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42.875
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Expectations (million bu.)
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25-30
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Comments:
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Inspections were well above expectations and 16.302 million bu. above last week's tally. Inspections are running 5.7% behind of year-ago, compared to 6.7% behind last week. USDA's 2011-12 export forecast is at 7.4% below the previous marketing year at 1.7 billion bushels.
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Wheat
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Actual (million bu.)
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25.745
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Expectations (million bu.)
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16-21
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Comments:
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Inspections were above expectations and about 8 million bu. above last week's tally. Inspections are running 18.2% below year-ago, compared to 17.7% below last week. USDA's export forecast for the 2011-12 marketing year is 1 billion bu., down 22.4% from the previous marketing year. |
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Soybeans
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Actual (million bu.)
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18.065
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Expectations (million bu.)
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25-30
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Comments:
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Inspections were below expectations and about 9.8 million bu. below last week's tally. Inspections for the new marketing year are running 20.9% below year-ago, compared to 21.4% below last week. USDA's 2011-12 export forecast is at 1.29 billion bu., down 14.1% from year-ago.
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Link to USDA report.
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