# Council Rapid Reaction To Chinese Trade Action Generates Sales For U.S. Sorghum In Spain - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> The U.S. Grains Council promoted sorghum in Spain in March 2018 after China's investigation threatened U.S. sorghum sales. Spanish buyers have since purchased 430,000 tons of U.S. sorghum, including cargoes diverted from China.

- Date: 2018-10-09 · published 2018-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62600-council-rapid-reaction-to-chinese-trade-action-generates-sales-for-u-s-sorghum
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Diversion of U.S. sorghum to Europe shows partial offset to lost Chinese demand, but the volumes are small relative to China's historical purchases, so the net price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: neutral

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/success_story/council-rapid-reaction-to-chinese-trade-action-generates-sales-for-u-s-sorghum-in-spain/

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