Higher Soybean Inspections Last Week but Not Many for China Yesterday’s USDA export inspections report indicated 1,085,251 MT of soybeans were inspected in the week ending 10 January. That was up 59 percent from 682,029 MT the previous week but down from 1,244,979 MT in the same week of 2018. A total 18,393,415 MT have been inspected thus far in the current marketing year versus 30,853,731 MT a year ago. It is notable that only 68,053 MT of soybeans destined to China were inspected last week, all from the U.S. Gulf. China has apparently bought about 5 MMT from the U.S. since the beginning of December, but only 160,513 MT have been inspected. Assuming these purchases were for shipment prior to the end of the U.S.-China truce in March...

TAGS – Soy & Oilseeds, North America, China, South America