# China Soybean Users See Breakthrough for US Imports, FAS Beijing Staff Says

> The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service office in Beijing reported that China may import U.S. soybeans in the first half of the 2025-26 marketing year, though end-users are preparing alternatives. The attache kept its China soybean import forecast at 106 million tonnes, below USDA's official 112 million.

- Date: 2025-09-29 · published 2025-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14635-china-soybean-users-see-breakthrough-for-us-imports-fas-beijing-staff-says
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A possible resumption of U.S. purchases would support U.S. soybean export demand and prices. The gap with USDA's forecast shows uncertainty about how much Chinese demand will shift to the U.S.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-03-19 | [USDA FAS sees rising soybean demand for China - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54127-usda-fas-sees-rising-soybean-demand-for-china-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +6.8% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2026-08-21 | [China more than doubles US soybean imports in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14556-china-more-than-doubles-us-soybean-imports-in-july.md) | +2.9% | +6.8% |
| SOY | 2023-08-13 | [FAS: “2022/23 China Soybean Imports Raised to Record High” \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14820-fas-2022-23-china-soybean-imports-raised-to-record-high-farm-policy-news.md) | -2.7% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2017-09-11 | [Watch USDA’s WASDE Report, Hurricane Irma, and China’s Soybean Imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68856-watch-usda-s-wasde-report-hurricane-irma-and-china-s-soybean-imports.md) | +1.3% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2020-09-09 | [Feed demand increases China’s soybean imports \| 2020-09-09  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51186-feed-demand-increases-china-s-soybean-imports-2020-09-09-world-grain.md) | +1.9% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/09/29/china-soybean-users-see-breakthrough

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