# U.S. agriculture exports top $200 billion in 2022 as China grabs record share

> U.S. agricultural exports reached a record above $200 billion in 2022, with China taking a record share. Soybeans and corn became more expensive for China to import in 2022 than in 2020, and those two products made up 57% of U.S. farm exports to China. U.S. corn exports to China fell 14% by volume.

- Date: 2023-02-08 · published 2023-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14862-u-s-agriculture-exports-top-200-billion-in-2022-as-china-grabs-record-share
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher U.S. prices pushed Chinese buyers toward other origins, which weighs on U.S. corn and soybean export demand. The effect on prices is modest because total U.S. farm exports still hit a record.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-10 | [China expects its U.S. agricultural imports to fall sharply - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63520-china-expects-its-u-s-agricultural-imports-to-fall-sharply-grainews.md) | -7.5% | -9.1% |
| CORN | 2024-03-26 | [China 2024 grain imports seen near record high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14766-china-2024-grain-imports-seen-near-record-high.md) | -4.6% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2025-05-02 | [Ukraine's agricultural exports drop 23.4% in April](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14205-ukraine-s-agricultural-exports-drop-23-4-in-april.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-05-04 | [U.S. Ethanol Exports Rebound on Near-Record Shipments to China; U.S. DDGS Exports Also Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47076-u-s-ethanol-exports-rebound-on-near-record-shipments-to-china-u-s-ddgs-exports.md) | +1.5% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2025-02-05 | [US grain, oilseed exports surge in 2024 without boost from China \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14683-us-grain-oilseed-exports-surge-in-2024-without-boost-from-china-reuters.md) | +0.4% | -7.9% |
| SOY | 2022-03-07 | [Retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural exports first began in mid-2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14952-retaliatory-tariffs-against-u-s-agricultural-exports-first-began-in-mid-2018.md) | +0.9% | -5.6% |
| SOY | 2025-02-05 | [US grain, oilseed exports surge in 2024 without boost from China \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14683-us-grain-oilseed-exports-surge-in-2024-without-boost-from-china-reuters.md) | -2.9% | -7.2% |
| SOY | 2017-12-21 | [Yearender: China-U.S. agricultural trade leaps forward in 2017 - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67344-yearender-china-u-s-agricultural-trade-leaps-forward-in-2017-xinhua-english.md) | -0.9% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-agriculture-exports-top-200-billion-2022-china-grabs-record-share-2023-02-08/

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