China Mostly Absent in Latest USDA Inspections Report
By Kirk Maltais
China was only a small destination for U.S. grain exports through the prior week, leaving soybean totals below the pace of last year.
In the latest weekly Grain Export Inspections report from the Department of Agriculture, the USDA said that soybean inspections for the week ended Aug. 6 totaled 399,201 metric tons. That's up from this time last week, but overall soybean inspections reported for the 2025/26 marketing year remain below the pace of the prior marketing year.
The USDA says that for 2025/26, 39.75 million tons of soybeans have been shipped, down from 48.42 million tons compiled at this time last year. This week, China was the destination for 65,935 tons of U.S. soybeans, which put it in the top 5 destination countries but well behind other countries including Germany, Mexico, and Japan.
Corn shipments for the week were 1.74 million tons, which is down from the prior week. Wheat shipments were 421,277 tons, which is higher than the prior week.
CBOT grain futures are mixed in today's trading. Most-active corn futures are down 0.5%, while soybeans rise 0.2% and wheat is up 0.6%.
To see related data, search "USDA Grain Inspections for Export in Metric Tons" in Dow Jones NewsPlus.
Write to Kirk Maltais at kirk.maltais@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 10, 2026 12:04 ET (16:04 GMT)
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