# National Sorghum Producers reacts to new Chinese tariffs - Brownfield Ag News

> The National Sorghum Producers criticized China's 25 percent retaliatory tariffs covering sorghum, soybeans, wheat, cotton, vegetables, beef and pork, effective July 6. China buys more than half of US sorghum exports.

- Date: 2018-06-18 · published 2018-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64582-national-sorghum-producers-reacts-to-new-chinese-tariffs-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The tariffs threaten the largest export market for US sorghum and other feed-related commodities, which typically weighs on US cash and futures prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-04-12 | [China tariffs could cause market distortion - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65596-china-tariffs-could-cause-market-distortion-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2016-12-19 | [Soybean exports could come to screeching halt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73503-soybean-exports-could-come-to-screeching-halt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.6% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2018-02-14 | [Corn export projection better, soybeans worse - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66523-corn-export-projection-better-soybeans-worse-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2025-04-01 | [Trump's China tariffs trigger retaliation against U.S. farm products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14679-trump-s-china-tariffs-trigger-retaliation-against-u-s-farm-products.md) | -3.1% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2019-04-05 | [Soybeans, corn down on lack of China deal - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59636-soybeans-corn-down-on-lack-of-china-deal-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.2% | -8.5% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/sorghum-producers-react-to-new-chinese-tariffs/

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