# China signals that purchases of US soybeans hinge on tariff removal | Reuters

> China's commerce ministry said the United States should remove what Beijing calls unreasonable tariffs before China expands bilateral trade, when asked whether it would buy U.S. soybeans. Traders said China had not yet booked any U.S. soybean cargoes from the autumn harvest and was sourcing South American supply instead.

- Date: 2025-09-25 · published 2025-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14632-china-signals-that-purchases-of-us-soybeans-hinge-on-tariff-removal-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans depend on tariff relief, so the timing of any tariff change would decide whether U.S. export demand returns. Until then, Brazilian supply keeps absorbing China's import needs and caps U.S. soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-11-03 | [Chinese buyers purchase Brazilian soybeans as prices ease over US-China trade thaw \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12245-chinese-buyers-purchase-brazilian-soybeans-as-prices-ease-over-us-china-trade.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2026-06-18 | [China's African tariff removals, trade surge spur yuan adoption \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8412-china-s-african-tariff-removals-trade-surge-spur-yuan-adoption-reuters.md) | -0.4% | +6.4% |
| SOY | 2025-04-09 | [Wave of US soybeans set to reach China's shores despite tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14668-wave-of-us-soybeans-set-to-reach-china-s-shores-despite-tariffs.md) | +4.4% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2025-12-05 | [Recent Chinese Purchases of U.S. Soybeans: Strategic Buying Overriding Fundamentals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14617-recent-chinese-purchases-of-u-s-soybeans-strategic-buying-overriding.md) | -2.3% | -6.5% |
| SOY | 2025-11-05 | [Beijing lifts some tariffs on US farm goods but soybeans stay costly \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14621-beijing-lifts-some-tariffs-on-us-farm-goods-but-soybeans-stay-costly-reuters.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-signals-that-purchases-us-soybeans-hinge-tariff-removal-2025-09-25/?taid=68d53e07a722300001ffbac7

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