# Grain Transportation Report, March 30, 2023

> For the week ending March 16, unshipped US corn export sales to China exceeded 2.4 million metric tons, more than six times the prior week's total. Weekly grain carloads on Class I railroads were 20 percent below the 5-year average for the week ending March 18. BNSF originated just over two-thirds of its usual grain carloads, partly due to weather and track disruptions.

- Date: 2023-03-30 · published 2023-03-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16644-grain-transportation-report-march-30-2023
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Large Chinese corn purchases add future export demand and support US corn prices. Weak rail car loadings signal near-term transport constraints that could limit how quickly those sales ship.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-03-26 | [Daily Market Wire 27 March 2023 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5084-daily-market-wire-27-march-2023-grain-central.md) | +1.6% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2017-03-20 | [Ukraine grain exports top 30 million tonnes \| World-grain.com \| March 20, 2017 13:34 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71838-ukraine-grain-exports-top-30-million-tonnes-world-grain-com-march-20-2017-13-34.md) | -2.1% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2025-04-25 | [Grain transportation demand surges amid strong corn exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16460-grain-transportation-demand-surges-amid-strong-corn-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-02-27 | [US grain exports reach near-record levels despite transportation challenges \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16384-us-grain-exports-reach-near-record-levels-despite-transportation-challenges.md) | +2.0% | +7.3% |
| CORN | 2019-03-12 | [Daily Market Wire 13 March 2019 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10671-daily-market-wire-13-march-2019-grain-central.md) | +5.0% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.03-30-2023

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