# Country Focus: China plays critical role in grains market | World Grain

> World Grain profiles China's role in global grains, citing IGC estimates that China's 2021-22 grain output rose to 417.7 million tonnes. Corn and wheat production are up while grain imports fall sharply from the prior year, with corn imports down to 16.5 million tonnes from 29 million.

- Date: 2022-02-08 · published 2022-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42702-country-focus-china-plays-critical-role-in-grains-market-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese corn and grain import needs reduce demand for world feed grains and loosen export competition, which is bearish for corn and wheat prices. Rebuilt pig herds keep feed demand firm domestically, limiting how far import declines push prices down.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-06-27 | [Grain Market Review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24249-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | +5.1% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [Grain market review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/471-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | -1.9% | — |
| CORN | 2021-06-11 | [Grain market review: Coarse grains  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46609-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | -6.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2024-08-22 | [Record US soybean crop forecast in 2024 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28788-record-us-soybean-crop-forecast-in-2024-world-grain.md) | -2.2% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2016-07-18 | [Taking a look at the role of USDA reports in the market  – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4944-taking-a-look-at-the-role-of-usda-reports-in-the-market-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s.md) | +5.9% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-22 | [Grain market review: Wheat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23378-grain-market-review-wheat-world-grain.md) | -1.7% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-16 | [Grain market review: Wheat \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21545-grain-market-review-wheat-world-grain.md) | +0.3% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-15 | [Focus on Canada \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40455-focus-on-canada-world-grain.md) | +8.2% | +8.9% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/16461-country-focus-china-plays-critical-role-in-grains-market

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