# China Is Hoarding Grain And Corn Amid Global Food Shortages |

> Reports say China has been buying large volumes of grain and corn, including US corn purchases of about 1.0 million metric tons each in April. China's grain imports this year were about 42 million tons, versus about 50 million last year, as Ukraine's corn exports were constrained by the war.

- Date: 2022-07-11 · published 2022-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14918-china-is-hoarding-grain-and-corn-amid-global-food-shortages
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese buying of corn from non-Ukrainian origins supports global corn demand and prices, though lower total grain imports partly offset this.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-07-15 | [China sets record feed grain imports amid global market shifts \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14734-china-sets-record-feed-grain-imports-amid-global-market-shifts-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2021-04-23 | [China Is Already Scooping Up U.S. Corn From the Next Harvest - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47455-china-is-already-scooping-up-u-s-corn-from-the-next-harvest-caixin-global.md) | +10.5% | +8.1% |
| CORN | 2024-10-28 | [Global Corn Dynamics: Surging US Export Demand, Smaller Supplies And A China Wildcard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27875-global-corn-dynamics-surging-us-export-demand-smaller-supplies-and-a-china.md) | -0.3% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2025-04-25 | [Grain transportation demand surges amid strong corn exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16460-grain-transportation-demand-surges-amid-strong-corn-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-03-22 | [U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9642-u-s-grains-corn-up-on-china-buying-flood-worries-grainews.md) | -1.9% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- dailycallernewsfoundation.org: https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2022/07/11/china-is-hoarding-grain-and-corn-amid-global-food-shortages/

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