Weekly export inspections
Export inspections of US grains showed a decline for corn but an increase for soybean and wheat in the week to December 19, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture released on Monday December 23.

Corn export inspections reached 1.12 million tonnes, down by 1.7% from the previous week and by 8.5% year on year.

The top export destinations were Japan (319,352 tonnes), Mexico (265,876 tonnes), Colombia (177,007 tonnes) and South Korea (133,586 tonnes).

Yellow corn made up the majority, with 1.078 million tonnes passing inspections, while 44,079 tonnes of white corn passed inspection.

Soybean export inspections totaled 1.747 million tonnes, up by 3% from the previous week and up by 56.1% year on year.

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