# The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets | Economic Research Service

> USDA's Economic Research Service says China's rice stocks are projected to reach a record 113 million tons by end-June 2019, the twelfth straight year of increases. Policymakers are considering disposing of the surplus through ethanol or livestock feed.

- Date: 2019-03-13 · published 2019-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60169-the-release-of-china-s-rice-stocks-could-impact-global-feed-markets-economic
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

If China releases rice into feed markets, it could substitute for corn and imported feed grains, weighing on corn and sorghum demand and on global feed prices. The effect depends on whether rice displaces stored or imported corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- RICE: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-05-31 | [Record rice stocks may help offset likely dip in output - Economy News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19235-record-rice-stocks-may-help-offset-likely-dip-in-output-economy-news-the.md) | -1.7% | +4.8% |
| RICE | 2025-07-29 | [Carryover stocks of rough rice could exceed 200 thousand tons.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23833-carryover-stocks-of-rough-rice-could-exceed-200-thousand-tons.md) | -1.5% | -6.4% |
| RICE | 2025-12-03 | [ARDB Urges Mills to Release Rice Glut Stocks \| Cambodianess](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21597-ardb-urges-mills-to-release-rice-glut-stocks-cambodianess.md) | -0.2% | -5.1% |
| RICE | 2024-09-29 | [FACTBOX Why India's easing of export curbs is important to global rice trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28268-factbox-why-india-s-easing-of-export-curbs-is-important-to-global-rice-trade.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2018-01-05 | [China Wants to Shed Rice Stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67081-china-wants-to-shed-rice-stockpiles.md) | +0.4% | +8.6% |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [Tight Chinese pork supply to ease by fourth quarter: agriculture official – China Economic Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52130-tight-chinese-pork-supply-to-ease-by-fourth-quarter-agriculture-official-china.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2022-09-10 | [The UN-brokered Black Sea Deal and Impacts on Global Food Security - United States Department of State](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14459-the-un-brokered-black-sea-deal-and-impacts-on-global-food-security-united.md) | -1.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-04-21 | [China issues guidance on reducing corn, soy use in feed \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47645-china-issues-guidance-on-reducing-corn-soy-use-in-feed-feed-strategy.md) | +14.7% | +11.9% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2019/march/the-release-of-china-s-rice-stocks-could-impact-global-feed-markets

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