us grain export inspections have slipped from a strong showing the previous week according to usda data in its weekly grain export inspections report released monday the usda reported that for the week ended oct 21 corn export inspections totaled 545127 metric tons while those for soybeans totaled 21 million tons and wheat totaled 140413 tons all three of the totals are down from the previous week with corn posting the biggest slide being roughly half of last weeks total china continues to be the leading destination for us soybeans with the usda reporting that 154 million tons of soybeans were inspected for shipment there mexico was the leading destination for us corn and taiwan was the leading destination for us wheat grain futures trading on the chicago board of trade are mixed following the reports release with mostactive corn futures down 01 soybeans up 1 and wheat up 06 to see related data search usda grain inspections for export in metric tons in dow jones newsplus