
China has sharply increased purchases of US wheat, with commitments since June surpassing 2 million tonnes, mainly soft red winter wheat. Recent sales on Dec.
4 and Dec. 6 were the largest single commitments since 2020, and China also bought US soybeans during the same week.
Large Chinese buying offsets lost US export demand and supports wheat and soybean prices, as China diversifies away from drought-hit Australian supply.
After 431 past bullish trade events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.3% to +2.1%), and +0.5% over 20.
After 696 past bullish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.9%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.