# China trade report tells troubled tale | The Western Producer

> MarketsFarm's China Trade Report forecasts canola ending stocks of 4.67 million tonnes for 2018-19 and 4.49 million for 2019-20, far above 2017-18 levels. It expects North American oilseed prices to keep falling unless severe weather intervenes.

- Date: 2019-05-30 · published 2019-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59067-china-trade-report-tells-troubled-tale-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent record-level oilseed stocks cap price recovery, implying weak canola meal and seed prices through the 2019-20 crop year for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-11-09 | [USDA surprises trade with latest report \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33115-usda-surprises-trade-with-latest-report-the-western-producer.md) | +2.7% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2026-01-12 | [January WASDE report very bearish \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20995-january-wasde-report-very-bearish-the-western-producer.md) | +0.9% | +5.9% |
| SOY | 2024-05-23 | [China's imports to determine prices \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14749-china-s-imports-to-determine-prices-the-western-producer.md) | -2.9% | -6.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-30 | [U.S. grains: Soy futures end mixed; corn and wheat sag after USDA reports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24225-u-s-grains-soy-futures-end-mixed-corn-and-wheat-sag-after-usda-reports-the.md) | +0.4% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2024-02-02 | [EPA underestimated U.S. biodiesel production \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15237-epa-underestimated-u-s-biodiesel-production-the-western-producer.md) | -0.8% | -5.0% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/china-trade-report-tells-troubled-tale/

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