# China to buy 25 million tons of soybeans annually, near recent average | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Treasury Secretary Bessent said China committed to buying 12 million tons of soybeans this season and at least 25 million tons annually for three years. Bessent described the 26 million ton figure as a floor and said other Southeast Asian deals could add 19 million tons in soybean purchases.

- Date: 2025-10-30 · published 2025-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14629-china-to-buy-25-million-tons-of-soybeans-annually-near-recent-average-agri
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Committed volumes near recent annual averages support US soybean export demand, which underpins prices, though the 12 million ton current-season figure remains well below prior-year purchases.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-08-10 | [China soy-buying binge from US continues \| 2020-08-10  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51599-china-soy-buying-binge-from-us-continues-2020-08-10-agri-pulse-communications.md) | +3.8% | +11.4% |
| SOY | 2021-06-30 | [China signals another strong year of importing US soy \| 2021-06-29  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46615-china-signals-another-strong-year-of-importing-us-soy-2021-06-29-agri-pulse.md) | +2.0% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2020-02-25 | [US: China lifts some trade barriers in phase one \| 2020-02-25  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54479-us-china-lifts-some-trade-barriers-in-phase-one-2020-02-25-agri-pulse.md) | +1.9% | +1.1% |
| SOY | 2022-06-08 | [Yellen critical of US tariffs on China \| 2022-06-08 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14923-yellen-critical-of-us-tariffs-on-china-2022-06-08-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.7% | -7.9% |
| SOY | 2020-12-31 | [China heads to end of 2020 with big imports of US soy, wheat, sorghum and corn \| 2020-12-31  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49499-china-heads-to-end-of-2020-with-big-imports-of-us-soy-wheat-sorghum-and-corn.md) | +4.4% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/23696-china-to-buy-25-million-tons-of-soybeans-annually-near-recent-average

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