This article has been reprinted from the May 2 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
For the week ending April 25, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat, and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions reached 2.52 million metric tons (mmt).
This indicates a 3 percent decrease from the previous week, no change from last year, and a 6 percent increase from the 3-year average.
Overall grain inspections declined despite a 27 percent jump in soybean inspections, which were shipped primarily from the Mississippi Gulf to Asia.
Corn inspections increased 1 percent from the previous week, but wheat inspections dropped 23 percent.
Pacific Northwest grain inspections decreased 5 percent from the previous week, but Mississippi Gulf grain inspections increased 26 percent.