Thanks to a wave of purchases by Chinese buyers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) export sales report this week is likely to show soybean export sales hitting a multi-week high. A Wall Street Journal survey of analysts this week indicates that sales could reach as high as 2 million tons. Given that the USDA typically reports sales of around 300,000 tons, this week's data is undoubtedly a welcome turnaround.