# Working to boost soybean meal markets through trade mission to India

> A South Dakota soybean checkoff board member joined a trade mission to India organized by the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council in fall 2018. The mission aimed to build relationships to expand US poultry exports. The article notes poultry is the largest domestic user of US soybean meal.

- Date: 2019-02-28 · published 2019-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60665-working-to-boost-soybean-meal-markets-through-trade-mission-to-india
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger poultry export access to India would support domestic poultry output and therefore soybean meal demand. The effect is a longer-term, modest factor rather than an immediate price driver.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2016-04-18 | [Indian soybean meal on the world market too expensive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10299-indian-soybean-meal-on-the-world-market-too-expensive.md) | +5.3% | +22.0% |
| SBM | 2026-05-19 | [India soymeal exports to fall to four-year low on rising prices \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19327-india-soymeal-exports-to-fall-to-four-year-low-on-rising-prices-marketscreener.md) | -1.1% | -11.7% |
| SBM | 2021-08-17 | [India could allow soybean meal imports \| 2021-08-17  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45647-india-could-allow-soybean-meal-imports-2021-08-17-world-grain.md) | -3.2% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2025-04-07 | [China soybean meal prices surge amid U.S. trade war escalation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25198-china-soybean-meal-prices-surge-amid-u-s-trade-war-escalation.md) | +5.1% | +1.6% |
| SBM | 2020-12-25 | [China's Nov soybean imports from U.S. surge on year after trade deal - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49498-china-s-nov-soybean-imports-from-u-s-surge-on-year-after-trade-deal-markets.md) | +2.9% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- farmforum.net: https://www.farmforum.net/story/news/agriculture/2019/02/28/working-to-boost-soybean-meal-markets-through-trade-mission-to-india/49232995/

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