# Grain Transportation Report, June 6, 2019

> For the week ending May 30, US grain export inspections totaled 1.88 million metric tons, down 15 percent week on week and 26 percent year on year. Flooding closed Upper Mississippi locks and reduced barge movements, with downbound tonnage on the Mississippi, Ohio and Arkansas rivers 29 percent below last year.

- Date: 2019-06-06 · published 2019-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58800-grain-transportation-report-june-6-2019
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

River closures raise barge freight costs and delay grain delivery to Gulf export positions, which tends to widen basis and firm freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.06-06-2019

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