China’s Soybean Crush Margins Still Deep in the Red. Some Imports Being Delayed as Demand For Soymeal Weakens.

Summary: China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin today is -136 Yuan/MT, up 12 Yuan from a week ago.  The “forward” margin is -165 Yuan/MT, down 21 Yuan from a week ago.  But, the forward margin is 36 Yuan above what it was a year ago.  In the July WASDE, the USDA left its projection of China’s soybean imports unchanged at 85…

US Soybean Lineup Remains Well Above Year Ago. Next Week’s Inspections Could Be 650,000 MT.

Summary:  Next week ’s soybean export inspections are expected to be 650,000 MMT (31.4 Mil Bu).   If this is correct, that would be down 24% from the previous week.  This week’s ship lineup is 1.591 MMT.  That is up 2% from last week, more than two-and-a-half times larger than a year ago.  There were 34 vessels to-be-nominated (TBN).  That is up sharply from last…