# China’s U.S. Soybean Purchases Slump to 2004 Low

> U.S. soybean exports to China fell in the first half of 2019 to their lowest level in more than a decade. Pork sales also slipped in June as the trade war showed little progress.

- Date: 2019-08-01 · published 2019-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57948-china-s-u-s-soybean-purchases-slump-to-2004-low
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Weak Chinese purchases leave U.S. soybean demand dependent on other buyers and keep pressure on prices. Lower pork sales point to softer demand for feed ingredients as well.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-09-22 | [China cuts soybean purchases from the US in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14811-china-cuts-soybean-purchases-from-the-us-in-august.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2020-06-01 | [China asks state firms to halt purchases of U.S. soybeans, pork, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52463-china-asks-state-firms-to-halt-purchases-of-u-s-soybeans-pork-sources-say.md) | +3.2% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2018-02-14 | [Lagging Soybean Sales to China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66379-lagging-soybean-sales-to-china.md) | +2.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2025-08-11 | [US soybean market skeptical China will follow through on Trump’s purchase request](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14642-us-soybean-market-skeptical-china-will-follow-through-on-trump-s-purchase.md) | +5.7% | +4.8% |
| SOY | 2019-01-25 | [China's 2018 soybean imports from U.S. hit lowest since 2008](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60959-china-s-2018-soybean-imports-from-u-s-hit-lowest-since-2008.md) | -0.1% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/china-s-u-s-soybean-purchases-slump-amid-year-long-trade-war

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