
China's soybean imports in July 2022 fell 9.1% from a year earlier to 7.88 million tonnes, and were also down 4.5% from June. Poor crush margins, weaker pork-related demand and COVID-related restrictions reduced buying interest.
Lower Chinese crush demand reduces soybean and soymeal demand from the largest buyer, which pressures global soybean and soymeal prices. Weak margins for pig farmers also signal softer feed demand.
After 803 past bearish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.7%), and +0.9% over 20.
After 384 past bearish trade events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.6%), and -0.5% 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.