# China increasing US sorghum imports | 2020-08-17  | World Grain

> China bought a record 32 million bushels of US sorghum in the first week of August, according to USDA, with 809,886 tonnes sold in total. Sales for the 2020-21 marketing year accounted for 527,500 tonnes of that total. Chinese corn prices are high and strong demand for sorghum imports continues.

- Date: 2020-08-17 · published 2020-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51678-china-increasing-us-sorghum-imports-2020-08-17-world-grain
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

This is the largest weekly sorghum sale on record and absorbs roughly 9 percent of projected US production, supporting US sorghum basis and prices. Sustained buying would reduce exportable supplies into the fall harvest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-24 | [China grain imports fall sharply \| 2018-08-24  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63417-china-grain-imports-fall-sharply-2018-08-24-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-03-23 | [China purchases US grain \| 2020-03-23  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54006-china-purchases-us-grain-2020-03-23-world-grain.md) | -0.8% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2017-06-12 | [U.S. sees increase in feed exports \| World-grain.com \| June 12, 2017 13:22 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70501-u-s-sees-increase-in-feed-exports-world-grain-com-june-12-2017-13-22-world-grain.md) | -0.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2021-12-16 | [Will China's Imports of Corn Remain High in 2022? \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14971-will-china-s-imports-of-corn-remain-high-in-2022-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.7% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-01-18 | [China's corn, wheat imports in 2020 reach record highs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49007-china-s-corn-wheat-imports-in-2020-reach-record-highs.md) | -2.6% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/14104-china-increasing-us-sorghum-imports

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