# Asian buyers shun US farm goods, hit by ship crunch and trade war

> Trump's plan to revive US shipbuilding imposes port fees of up to $1.5 million on China-linked ships. Exporters have had to find non-Chinese vessels, which has pushed up freight costs. Asian buyers are shunning US farm goods as a result.

- Date: 2025-04-09 · published 2025-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25317-asian-buyers-shun-us-farm-goods-hit-by-ship-crunch-and-trade-war
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher ocean freight and lost Asian demand weigh on US corn and soybean export basis and futures. Feed buyers should expect wider US origin spreads versus Brazil and Black Sea supplies.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-18 | [Shipping market: The good, bad and ugly \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16764-shipping-market-the-good-bad-and-ugly-world-grain.md) | +0.5% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-05-01 | [Ukrainian grain exports rebound as ship arrivals near pre-war levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14308-ukrainian-grain-exports-rebound-as-ship-arrivals-near-pre-war-levels.md) | +2.6% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2026-05-26 | [Low Mississippi River Water Levels Raise Shipping Costs For Farmers — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16362-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-raise-shipping-costs-for-farmers-louisiana.md) | -1.8% | -6.6% |
| CORN | 2020-03-20 | [Weekly Market Wrap-Up - March 20, 2020 - The Andersons Trade Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6109-weekly-market-wrap-up-march-20-2020-the-andersons-trade-group.md) | -0.6% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2023-11-23 | [Ukraine's farmers pin hopes on export corridor as war cost mounts \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14344-ukraine-s-farmers-pin-hopes-on-export-corridor-as-war-cost-mounts-reuters.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |
| SOY | 2026-09-18 | [Shipping market: The good, bad and ugly \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16764-shipping-market-the-good-bad-and-ugly-world-grain.md) | +1.1% | -1.2% |
| SOY | 2017-10-02 | [Mississippi River Shipping Backlog Hits Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68347-mississippi-river-shipping-backlog-hits-farmers.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2021-09-30 | [China's farmers face more pain as power crunch drives up feed costs \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45065-china-s-farmers-face-more-pain-as-power-crunch-drives-up-feed-costs-financial.md) | -3.3% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/asian-buyers-shun-us-farm-goods-hit-by-ship-crunch-trade-war-2025-04-09/

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