# China’s agricultural imports surge in June, as worsening US ties stoke fears of supply disruptions | South China Morning Post

> China's grain imports, including wheat, barley, corn, rice, sorghum and soybeans, rose 80.6% by volume in June from a year earlier. Analysts attributed the surge to stockpiling against trade disruptions, domestic supply gaps and efforts to hold down food prices.

- Date: 2020-08-01 · published 2020-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51478-china-s-agricultural-imports-surge-in-june-as-worsening-us-ties-stoke-fears-of
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Chinese import demand absorbs global grain supplies and supports export prices for feed grains and oilseeds. Continued stockpiling could keep prices firm through the second half of the year.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-03-04 | [China boosts US agriculture purchases over ‘very tight’ soybeans supply concerns, Ukraine corn worries \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14948-china-boosts-us-agriculture-purchases-over-very-tight-soybeans-supply-concerns.md) | +0.8% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2020-09-28 | [US-China trade: soybeans, corn and cars surge, but Beijing still not close to meeting demands of deal \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50984-us-china-trade-soybeans-corn-and-cars-surge-but-beijing-still-not-close-to.md) | +3.1% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2020-12-23 | [China’s Soy Imports to Top 100 Million Tons as U.S. Supply Jumps - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49645-china-s-soy-imports-to-top-100-million-tons-as-u-s-supply-jumps-caixin-global.md) | +4.2% | +18.2% |
| CORN | 2018-08-23 | [China's July grain imports plunge as tariffs on U.S. supplies bite \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63415-china-s-july-grain-imports-plunge-as-tariffs-on-u-s-supplies-bite-farmtario.md) | -1.9% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2020-08-25 | [Protein shake up: China’s demand for pork, sorghum, corn surges \| Agriculture \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51477-protein-shake-up-china-s-demand-for-pork-sorghum-corn-surges-agriculture-al.md) | +3.0% | +8.9% |
| SOY | 2022-03-04 | [China boosts US agriculture purchases over ‘very tight’ soybeans supply concerns, Ukraine corn worries \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14948-china-boosts-us-agriculture-purchases-over-very-tight-soybeans-supply-concerns.md) | +1.2% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2022-04-25 | [China trade: imports of US soybeans rise as Ukraine war, South America drought limit sources \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14940-china-trade-imports-of-us-soybeans-rise-as-ukraine-war-south-america-drought.md) | -0.5% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2021-06-13 | [China food security: soybean imports ‘exceptionally large’ as pig population nears pre-African swine fever level \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46426-china-food-security-soybean-imports-exceptionally-large-as-pig-population-nears.md) | -7.5% | -5.0% |

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3095484/chinas-agricultural-imports-surge-june-worsening-us-ties

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