# For bold Chinese buyers of soybeans, bargain U.S. prices trump trade war

> Some Chinese buyers are importing U.S. soybeans despite the trade tensions, attracted by historically cheap U.S. prices. At least two cargoes are heading to China, though overall U.S. grain traffic to China has nearly stopped after Beijing's tariffs on $50 billion of U.S. goods.

- Date: 2018-09-21 · published 2018-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62891-for-bold-chinese-buyers-of-soybeans-bargain-u-s-prices-trump-trade-war
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Limited bargain-driven purchases provide some support to U.S. soybean prices, but volumes are small relative to normal flows, so the broader price implication remains bearish.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-11-03 | [Chinese buyers purchase Brazilian soybeans as prices ease over US-China trade thaw \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12245-chinese-buyers-purchase-brazilian-soybeans-as-prices-ease-over-us-china-trade.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2026-06-26 | [Chinese State Buyers Take US Soybeans; Private Traders Turn to Brazil \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14574-chinese-state-buyers-take-us-soybeans-private-traders-turn-to-brazil-cz-app.md) | +0.4% | +10.7% |
| SOY | 2018-04-08 | [As U.S. and China trade tariff barbs, others scoop up U.S. soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65547-as-u-s-and-china-trade-tariff-barbs-others-scoop-up-u-s-soybeans.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-10-30 | [Soybean Prices are a Proxy for How the Trade War is Going - Global Trade Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56614-soybean-prices-are-a-proxy-for-how-the-trade-war-is-going-global-trade-magazine.md) | +0.4% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2025-12-05 | [Recent Chinese Purchases of U.S. Soybeans: Strategic Buying Overriding Fundamentals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14617-recent-chinese-purchases-of-u-s-soybeans-strategic-buying-overriding.md) | -2.3% | -6.5% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/for-bold-chinese-buyers-of-soybeans-bargain-us-prices-trump-trade-war-idUSKCN1M119V/

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