# China Grain Purchases Remain Steady After Concerns over U.S. Visit to Taiwan - ProAg

> Chinese grain purchases have remained steady since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit, with at least 262,000 tons of US soybeans and 133,000 tons of US corn bought since then. November soybean futures rose $0.28 after the visit, recovering from earlier steep losses on Chinese demand concerns.

- Date: 2022-08-16 · published 2022-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14911-china-grain-purchases-remain-steady-after-concerns-over-u-s-visit-to-taiwan
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Chinese purchases of US soybeans and corn despite political tensions support US feed grain and soybean prices. Recovering futures reflect reduced fear of a trade disruption.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-10-18 | [China Returns to U.S. Soybeans With Major Purchases After Trump-Xi Summit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14543-china-returns-to-u-s-soybeans-with-major-purchases-after-trump-xi-summit.md) | -0.4% | — |
| SOY | 2020-06-02 | [China buys U.S. soybeans after halt to U.S. purchases ordered: sources](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52462-china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources.md) | +2.9% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2025-11-06 | [China begins limited purchases of U.S. farm goods after Trump-Xi meet \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8212-china-begins-limited-purchases-of-u-s-farm-goods-after-trump-xi-meet-reuters.md) | +0.1% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2020-06-19 | [China to Speed U.S. Farm Purchases After Secretive Hawaii Talks - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52461-china-to-speed-u-s-farm-purchases-after-secretive-hawaii-talks-bloomberg.md) | -0.4% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2019-10-03 | [Soybean Futures Bounce Back After China Restarts Purchases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56615-soybean-futures-bounce-back-after-china-restarts-purchases.md) | +1.1% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2023-11-30 | [Vilsack sees China's purchases of US corn rising again, urges end to over-reliance on single markets By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14796-vilsack-sees-china-s-purchases-of-us-corn-rising-again-urges-end-to-over.md) | +3.6% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2020-03-24 | [China makes largest U.S. grain purchases since start of trade war - UPI.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54008-china-makes-largest-u-s-grain-purchases-since-start-of-trade-war-upi-com.md) | +6.1% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2020-06-19 | [China to Speed U.S. Farm Purchases After Secretive Hawaii Talks - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52461-china-to-speed-u-s-farm-purchases-after-secretive-hawaii-talks-bloomberg.md) | -2.4% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/china-grain-purchases-remain-steady-after-concerns-over-u-s-visit-to-taiwan/

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