# EXCLUSIVE: China buys US soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say | Reuters

> COFCO, China's state-owned buyer, purchased three US soybean cargoes of about 180,000 metric tons for December-January shipment, its first purchases from the current US harvest, according to trade sources. The purchases came shortly before a summit between Trump and Xi.

- Date: 2025-10-29 · published 2025-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14625-exclusive-china-buys-us-soybean-cargoes-ahead-of-trump-xi-meet-sources-say
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The first purchases of new-crop US beans signal some demand return, but traders expect limited sustained demand because of heavy recent South American buying, so the price impact is modest.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-11-26 | [EXCLUSIVE: China buys at least 10 US soybean cargoes in new deals after Trump-Xi call, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14620-exclusive-china-buys-at-least-10-us-soybean-cargoes-in-new-deals-after-trump-xi.md) | -0.8% | -5.5% |
| SOY | 2026-10-14 | [Exclusive-China buys 8-10 US soybean cargoes in first deals since Trump-Xi summit, sources say By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14536-exclusive-china-buys-8-10-us-soybean-cargoes-in-first-deals-since-trump-xi.md) | -2.3% | — |
| SOY | 2019-01-01 | [Exclusive: China makes first big U.S. soybean purchase since Trump-Xi truce By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61592-exclusive-china-makes-first-big-u-s-soybean-purchase-since-trump-xi-truce-by.md) | +2.7% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-11-17 | [Exclusive: China snaps up US soybeans after pledge to Trump, but at high price, traders say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7888-exclusive-china-snaps-up-us-soybeans-after-pledge-to-trump-but-at-high-price.md) | +1.1% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2026-08-06 | [China buys at least 10 more cargoes of US soybeans, traders say \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14558-china-buys-at-least-10-more-cargoes-of-us-soybeans-traders-say-south-china.md) | +1.2% | +13.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-buys-three-us-soybean-cargoes-ahead-trump-xi-meeting-sources-say-2025-10-29/

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