# China won't hike grain import quotas for U.S. trade deal: Caixin

> China will not raise its grain import quotas to meet the US trade deal, according to Caixin. Purchases not covered by the quotas made up over half of China's agricultural buying from the US before the trade war.

- Date: 2020-01-07 · published 2020-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54941-china-won-t-hike-grain-import-quotas-for-u-s-trade-deal-caixin
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Without higher quotas, China's US grain purchases must come through non-quota channels, limiting the volume of US corn and wheat China can take and capping export demand support.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-03-11 | [U.S. farmers still dependent on trade aid after China deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54116-u-s-farmers-still-dependent-on-trade-aid-after-china-deal.md) | -6.0% | -3.6% |
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| CORN | 2017-09-01 | [E.U. doubles import duty for corn, sorghum, rye \| World-grain.com \| September 01, 2017 13:29 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69016-e-u-doubles-import-duty-for-corn-sorghum-rye-world-grain-com-september-01-2017.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-08-05 | [U.S. designates China as currency manipulator for first time in decades](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57796-u-s-designates-china-as-currency-manipulator-for-first-time-in-decades.md) | -2.4% | -8.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-06 | [China Raises Grain Output Target as Trade Tensions Escalate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25573-china-raises-grain-output-target-as-trade-tensions-escalate.md) | -0.0% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-08 | [India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67953-india-doubles-wheat-import-tax-imposes-50-per-cent-tax-on-peas-grainews.md) | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-01 | [Russia Boosts Late Season Grain Export Quota as Prices Pick Up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14158-russia-boosts-late-season-grain-export-quota-as-prices-pick-up.md) | +0.7% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/currencies/china-wont-hike-grain-import-quotas-for-us-trade-deal-caixin-idUSKBN1Z6089/

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