# Politics or Real Demand: What’s Driving China’s Big Corn Buys This Week? - AgWeb

> China made two large corn purchases in the same week that US and Chinese officials were set to meet. Private exporters reported sales of 1.224 million mt of corn for delivery to China in the 2020/21 marketing year. Arlan Suderman of StoneX says the demand is genuine and linked to dryness risk for Brazil's safrinha corn crop.

- Date: 2021-03-17 · published 2021-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10761-politics-or-real-demand-what-s-driving-china-s-big-corn-buys-this-week-agweb
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Chinese buying of US corn tightens export supplies and supports prices. Expected dryness in Brazil's safrinha crop could also keep export competition limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-03-26 | 5 | +10.7% | 3.3 | Two large Chinese corn purchases in one week, seen as genuine demand tied to Brazil safrinha dryness risk, were bullish for prices. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-03-04 | [China's Buys of Corn and Sorghum Are Surging Right Now, But Why? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7862-china-s-buys-of-corn-and-sorghum-are-surging-right-now-but-why-agweb.md) | +5.1% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2025-10-31 | [With a China Deal How High Will Soybean and Grain Prices Rally? What is China Already Buying? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14628-with-a-china-deal-how-high-will-soybean-and-grain-prices-rally-what-is-china.md) | -0.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2020-07-10 | [China books second-biggest U.S. corn purchase on record, also buys wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51981-china-books-second-biggest-u-s-corn-purchase-on-record-also-buys-wheat.md) | -4.9% | -7.5% |
| CORN | 2023-03-20 | [What's Behind China's 83 MB Corn-Buying Spree and Will the U.S. See More Business?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36883-what-s-behind-china-s-83-mb-corn-buying-spree-and-will-the-u-s-see-more-business.md) | -0.0% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-04-05 | [Why China is the Wildcard for Corn Prices - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36433-why-china-is-the-wildcard-for-corn-prices-agweb.md) | -0.1% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/corn/politics-or-real-demand-whats-driving-chinas-big-corn-buys-week

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