# China’s Coarse Grain Imports for 2020/21, Doubles the Previous Record | Farm Policy News | Illinois

> USDA Foreign Agricultural Service data show China's coarse grain imports for 2020/21 reached 50.2 million tonnes, doubling the previous record. Corn and barley imports hit new highs, and sorghum imports were the second-largest on record. The U.S. supplied most of China's corn and sorghum.

- Date: 2021-11-11 · published 2021-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14983-china-s-coarse-grain-imports-for-2020-21-doubles-the-previous-record-farm
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Record Chinese imports of corn, sorghum and barley support U.S. feed grain export demand and prices. Recovering hog herds and widened import margins drove this demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-07 | [2020 U.S. Ag Exports Second Highest on Record, Led by Soybeans, Corn and Pork to China \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47452-2020-u-s-ag-exports-second-highest-on-record-led-by-soybeans-corn-and-pork-to.md) | +2.8% | +25.3% |
| CORN | 2017-10-27 | [USDA-FAS Report: China and Biofuels \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68452-usda-fas-report-china-and-biofuels-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -0.2% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2021-02-05 | [US sets new record for ag exports to China in 2020 \| 2021-02-05  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48476-us-sets-new-record-for-ag-exports-to-china-in-2020-2021-02-05-agri-pulse.md) | -2.2% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2020-10-12 | [Smaller Corn and Soybean Supply Forecast, as Derecho Harvest Impact Grows \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11788-smaller-corn-and-soybean-supply-forecast-as-derecho-harvest-impact-grows-farm.md) | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2019-07-01 | [Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2019 \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9495-federal-reserve-observations-on-the-ag-economy-july-2019-farm-policy-news.md) | +1.3% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2021/11/chinas-coarse-grain-imports-for-2020-21-doubles-the-previous-record/

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