# China’s Import Declines Reflect Broader Demand Weakness

> An NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor analysis reports China's agricultural imports are down 18% year-to-date, the steepest decline among major markets. US agricultural exports to China fell by $6.1 billion, while grain imports, especially wheat, corn and coarse grains, have collapsed.

- Date: 2025-02-02 · published 2025-02-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14687-china-s-import-declines-reflect-broader-demand-weakness
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Weak Chinese demand for grains and corn reduces export demand, while strong demand for soybean meal and corn elsewhere partly cushions prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-02-12 | [China's grain import dynamics shift as corn declines as rice rebounds \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14682-china-s-grain-import-dynamics-shift-as-corn-declines-as-rice-rebounds-feed-and.md) | +3.1% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2016-12-01 | [WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT: Corn, soybean, wheat business declines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73339-weekly-export-report-corn-soybean-wheat-business-declines.md) | +3.9% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-11-08 | [WASDE Report Reflects Tightening Corn Supplies, but Falling Demand - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56019-wasde-report-reflects-tightening-corn-supplies-but-falling-demand-proag.md) | +0.0% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2022-12-21 | [China reduces soybean and corn imports, says customs - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14879-china-reduces-soybean-and-corn-imports-says-customs-datamarnews.md) | +3.5% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2021-06-15 | [Exports, demand eyed in WASDE report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46511-exports-demand-eyed-in-wasde-report.md) | -1.6% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2023-01-09 | [Report: China's soybean imports will decline by 2030 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37769-report-china-s-soybean-imports-will-decline-by-2030-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.4% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-05-23 | [China's imports to determine prices \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14749-china-s-imports-to-determine-prices-the-western-producer.md) | -2.9% | -6.9% |
| SOY | 2026-04-20 | [China sees lower soybean, pork imports in 2026 and over next decade, report shows - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19724-china-sees-lower-soybean-pork-imports-in-2026-and-over-next-decade-report-shows.md) | -0.3% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- ideas.repec.org: https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/ndsutm/359278.html

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