# Loading up on Uncertainty – Soy Crush Perspectives in Importing Regions - Rabobank

> Rabobank reports EU soymeal imports in 2017/18 fell to 18.5m tonnes, the third-lowest in ten years, as EU crushers run hard. Crushers are buying cheap US soybeans because of China's 25% duty and elevated meal prices from the Argentine drought.

- Date: 2018-07-30 · published 2018-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64106-loading-up-on-uncertainty-soy-crush-perspectives-in-importing-regions-rabobank
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower EU soymeal import demand from South America and rising US bean purchases shift trade flows and weigh on South American meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2018-04-24 | [Uncertainties threaten optimism in global pork trade - Rabobank - Pig World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65664-uncertainties-threaten-optimism-in-global-pork-trade-rabobank-pig-world.md) | +5.5% | +2.0% |
| SBM | 2017-06-05 | [China cancels soy orders as losses mount in crushing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70565-china-cancels-soy-orders-as-losses-mount-in-crushing.md) | +1.3% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2024-01-18 | [Soaring Chinese grain imports create unease on local market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14780-soaring-chinese-grain-imports-create-unease-on-local-market.md) | +1.1% | -3.7% |
| SBM | 2022-08-01 | [China is intensifying the import of soybean meal from Brazil, rejecting Ukrainian products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40150-china-is-intensifying-the-import-of-soybean-meal-from-brazil-rejecting.md) | +0.9% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2017-06-16 | [U.S. Exports to Mexico Fall as Uncertainty Over Nafta Lingers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70469-u-s-exports-to-mexico-fall-as-uncertainty-over-nafta-lingers.md) | -2.3% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2017-09-22 | [U.S. grains: Soy at six-week top on exports, yield uncertainty - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68992-u-s-grains-soy-at-six-week-top-on-exports-yield-uncertainty-grainews.md) | -1.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2025-01-30 | [Speculative fluctuations in grain and oilseed prices will increase due to uncertainty about duties and harvest in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26547-speculative-fluctuations-in-grain-and-oilseed-prices-will-increase-due-to.md) | -0.3% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2026-03-13 | [EU risks losing US soy imports under deforestation rules, Washington warns \| Euractiv](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20172-eu-risks-losing-us-soy-imports-under-deforestation-rules-washington-warns.md) | -3.7% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- rabobank.com: https://www.rabobank.com/knowledge/q011333779-loading-up-on-uncertainty-soy-crush-perspectives-in-importing-regions

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