# Council Engagement Leads To South Korean Imports of U.S. Sorghum - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> South Korea imported 59,400 tons of US sorghum, valued at $9.9 million, after a feed buying group made its first US sorghum purchase in over a decade. The sorghum had been rejected from China due to retaliatory tariffs and was redirected through USDA-funded Grains Council marketing efforts.

- Date: 2019-10-16 · published 2019-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56624-council-engagement-leads-to-south-korean-imports-of-u-s-sorghum-u-s-grains-and
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Redirected sorghum sales to Korea show alternative export outlets for US sorghum displaced from China, supporting demand but at a small scale.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/success_story/council-engagement-leads-to-south-korean-imports-of-u-s-sorghum/

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