# China's soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season | Reuters

> China's soymeal inventories have built up after record soybean imports earlier in 2025 and tepid feed demand, according to trade sources. Crushing plants may face shutdowns, and the surplus could weaken Chinese soybean demand during the fourth-quarter US export season. Recent Argentine soymeal purchases are likely to add to the supply glut.

- Date: 2025-07-29 · published 2025-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14645-china-s-soymeal-glut-raises-demand-doubts-ahead-of-us-soybean-export-season
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A soymeal surplus in China lowers crush margins and reduces import needs for soybeans, which pressures soybean and soymeal prices ahead of the US export season.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-11-12 | [China's soybean glut could defeat US export hopes after trade thaw \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21942-china-s-soybean-glut-could-defeat-us-export-hopes-after-trade-thaw-reuters.md) | +3.6% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2025-08-01 | [China’s soybean meal stockpiles rise, US soybean imports in doubt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23301-china-s-soybean-meal-stockpiles-rise-us-soybean-imports-in-doubt.md) | +1.0% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2025-09-10 | [US misses out on billions of dollars of China soybean sales midway through peak season \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14634-us-misses-out-on-billions-of-dollars-of-china-soybean-sales-midway-through-peak.md) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2025-09-22 | [Lack of China Demand Hammers US Soybean Oil Prices - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22934-lack-of-china-demand-hammers-us-soybean-oil-prices-tt.md) | -1.1% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2026-09-30 | [China's weak soybean demand dims prospects for US cargoes after tariff snub \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14544-china-s-weak-soybean-demand-dims-prospects-for-us-cargoes-after-tariff-snub.md) | +0.4% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2025-11-12 | [China's soybean glut could defeat US export hopes after trade thaw \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21942-china-s-soybean-glut-could-defeat-us-export-hopes-after-trade-thaw-reuters.md) | +2.6% | -6.0% |
| SBM | 2025-08-01 | [China’s soybean meal stockpiles rise, US soybean imports in doubt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23301-china-s-soybean-meal-stockpiles-rise-us-soybean-imports-in-doubt.md) | +3.3% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2026-09-07 | [Ahead of Xi's US visit, China's soybean crushers face high costs, weak margins \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17463-ahead-of-xi-s-us-visit-china-s-soybean-crushers-face-high-costs-weak-margins.md) | +0.8% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-soymeal-glut-raises-demand-doubts-ahead-us-soybean-export-season-2025-07-29/

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