# U.S. farmers fret as Chinese soy purchases move elsewhere | Farmtario

> Argentine crusher Vicentin has lined up 14 ships to import U.S. soybeans, with the first cargo arriving at Rosario in early December, among the first significant Argentine soybean imports from the U.S. in two decades. The flows are driven by the U.S.-China tariff dispute, which has redirected Chinese purchases away from U.S. beans.

- Date: 2019-01-07 · published 2019-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60936-u-s-farmers-fret-as-chinese-soy-purchases-move-elsewhere-farmtario
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Diverted Chinese demand weighs on U.S. soybean export prices while Argentine crushers import beans to fill capacity, reshaping global trade flows and freight routes.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-08-05 | [U.S. farmers suffer 'body blow' as China slams door on farm purchases \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57442-u-s-farmers-suffer-body-blow-as-china-slams-door-on-farm-purchases-reuters.md) | +2.8% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2018-03-29 | [Chinese soybean tariffs would hurt U.S. soybean farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65865-chinese-soybean-tariffs-would-hurt-u-s-soybean-farmers.md) | +1.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2019-08-06 | [Chinese Companies Halt U.S. Farm Goods Purchase - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57444-chinese-companies-halt-u-s-farm-goods-purchase-caixin-global.md) | +1.3% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2026-04-07 | [Chinese pigs fed new menu as Beijing weans farmers off US soy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14583-chinese-pigs-fed-new-menu-as-beijing-weans-farmers-off-us-soy-reuters.md) | -0.4% | +3.5% |
| SOY | 2023-04-24 | [US corn falls after China cancels purchases; drags wheat, soy lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10358-us-corn-falls-after-china-cancels-purchases-drags-wheat-soy-lower.md) | -2.6% | -11.9% |
| SBM | 2020-06-19 | [China to Speed U.S. Farm Purchases After Secretive Hawaii Talks - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52461-china-to-speed-u-s-farm-purchases-after-secretive-hawaii-talks-bloomberg.md) | -1.1% | -0.8% |
| SBM | 2019-09-10 | [Crushing it: Argentine farmers cheer China soymeal deal while U.S. growers fret](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57091-crushing-it-argentine-farmers-cheer-china-soymeal-deal-while-u-s-growers-fret.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |
| SBM | 2020-08-10 | [China crushers to crank up U.S. soy purchases in fourth quarter - traders \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10685-china-crushers-to-crank-up-u-s-soy-purchases-in-fourth-quarter-traders.md) | +3.5% | +10.6% |

## Sources

- farmtario.com: https://farmtario.com/news/u-s-farmers-fret-as-chinese-soy-purchases-move-elsewhere/

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