US Soybean Inspections Expected to Be Around 20 Mil Bu Next Week. Ship Lineup Rebounds From Previous Week’s Season Low.

Summary:  Next week ’s export inspections is expected to be 550,000 MT (20.2 Mil Bu).   If this is correct, that would be down from the previous week’s 679,000 MT.  This week’s ship lineup is 605,000 MMT.  That is up 27% from last week (which was a season low 476,000 MT).  This week’s lineup is a third larger than last year.  There were 22 vessels to-be-nominated…

Ethanol Production Jumps Nearly 5% and Stocks Build. Also, It’s No Longer Profitable for Brazil to Import US Ethanol.

Summary: US ethanol production jumped nearly 5% this week.  Blender use was up 1% but stocks increased 2%.   US ethanol exports to Brazil are no longer competitive, at least as long as Brazil maintains a 20% tariff on imports.  There’s more ferment in Washington as the EPA has issued waivers to more refiners.  In addition, E15…

Big Drop in China’s Crush Margins Prior to Labour Day Holiday.

Summary: China’s markets were closed Mon-Tue for Labour Day (Apr 30-May 01).  On Friday (Apr 27) China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin was  -134 Yuan/MT, down from the previous week’s -3.  The “forward” margin was  -126 Yuan/MT, 131 less than the prior week.   However, the forward margin was only 13 Yuan below what it was the previous year.   China’s April imports are…