# China corn buys on record pace

> USDA reported another Chinese purchase of more than 1 million metric tons of US corn. Cumulative US corn sales to China in the current marketing year reached roughly 14.7 million metric tons.

- Date: 2022-05-02 · published 2022-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14932-china-corn-buys-on-record-pace
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Large, continued Chinese buying of US corn tightens US export availability and supports corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-10 | [China books second-biggest U.S. corn purchase on record, also buys wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51981-china-books-second-biggest-u-s-corn-purchase-on-record-also-buys-wheat.md) | -4.9% | -7.5% |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [China books record U.S. corn purchase, also buys soybeans \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51978-china-books-record-u-s-corn-purchase-also-buys-soybeans-reuters.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2022-06-06 | [China, Beef, and Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14928-china-beef-and-corn.md) | +5.9% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2021-03-22 | [China buying boatloads of U.S. corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47968-china-buying-boatloads-of-u-s-corn.md) | +10.7% | +12.5% |
| CORN | 2025-07-24 | [Ahead of the Open \| China buys U.S. corn - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14646-ahead-of-the-open-china-buys-u-s-corn-pro-farmer.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- iowafarmbureau.com: https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/China-corn-buys-on-record-pace

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