# Over sorghum salad, U.S. farmers and Chinese buyers chew on trade

> Chinese buyers, who normally take about 90 percent of U.S. sorghum imports, stopped purchasing over fear of tariffs. Beijing added sorghum to its list of U.S. goods facing retaliatory levies on July 6. An ADM elevator at Corpus Christi was bidding about $3.65 per bushel, down from as much as $4.80 earlier this year.

- Date: 2018-07-20 · published 2018-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64113-over-sorghum-salad-u-s-farmers-and-chinese-buyers-chew-on-trade
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Chinese demand removes the main export outlet for U.S. sorghum, which is pressuring Gulf prices and feed-grain alternatives. Buyers should expect weak sorghum bids while the tariff dispute continues.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trade-china-sorghum/over-sorghum-salad-u-s-farmers-and-chinese-buyers-chew-on-trade-idUSL1N1UF1DP/
- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-sorghum/over-sorghum-salad-u-s-farmers-and-chinese-buyers-chew-on-trade-idUKKBN1KA2B2/?edition-redirect=uk

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