# Chinese purchases provide support to the global barley market: Grain Market Daily | AHDB

> UK feed barley export prices firmed to £176.50/t for March loading, up £2 on the week, while new-crop UK wheat futures held steady. Chinese purchases and disease-hit pig herd rebuilding were cited as supports, alongside a USDA private sale of 2.108Mt of US corn to China.

- Date: 2021-02-03 · published 2021-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48709-chinese-purchases-provide-support-to-the-global-barley-market-grain-market
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Chinese buying supports global barley and feed grain prices, tightening availability for European feed users.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-02-27 | [Chinese corn and barley buyers have returned to the market - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14772-chinese-corn-and-barley-buyers-have-returned-to-the-market-fastmarkets.md) | +4.6% | +6.4% |
| 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 | 2020-05-28 | [Chinese tariffs to re-route global barley trade flows \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53195-chinese-tariffs-to-re-route-global-barley-trade-flows-wa.md) | +1.0% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2019-08-26 | [Daily US grain report: grain futures lifted by apparent US-China moves to restart trade talks
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5699-daily-us-grain-report-grain-futures-lifted-by-apparent-us-china-moves-to.md) | +2.1% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2023-03-26 | [Daily Market Wire 27 March 2023 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5084-daily-market-wire-27-march-2023-grain-central.md) | +1.6% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/chinese-purchases-provide-support-to-the-global-barley-market-grain-market-daily

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