By Paulo Trevisani

Export inspections for U.S. corn have risen from the previous week, with China getting the largest share.

In its latest grain-export inspections report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said corn inspections totaled 754,929 metric tons for the week ended Aug. 12, up from a revised 744,934 metric tons in the previous week.

Last week's figure was originally reported as 667,220 tons.

China was the destination of 274,898 tons of U.S. corn last week, followed by Japan, with 194,508 tons, and Mexico, with 180,638 tons.

Inspections of U.S. soybeans were up from the week ending Aug. 5, while wheat shipments were lower. Soybean inspections totaled 277,637 tons, and wheat inspections totaled 440,567 tons.

In Monday's CBOT trading, corn was falling 1%, wheat was losing 0.4% and soybeans were up 0.2%.

To see related data, search "USDA Grain Inspections for Export in Metric Tons" in Dow Jones NewsPlus.

Write to Paulo Trevisani at paulo.trevisani@wsj.com 


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