# GMO Certificate Management & Environmental Pressure Make Weak Soybean Meal Market Price Rebound - Analysis and Viewpoints of China Agriculture  - CnAgri-China Agriculture Consultant

> Chinese soybean meal prices rebounded from weakness as the MOA tightened GMO certificate management, delaying imported soybean shipments and prompting some crushers to cut forward sales. Northern crushers also cut output under heating-season environmental curbs, tightening local meal supply.

- Date: 2017-11-29 · published 2017-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67974-gmo-certificate-management-and-environmental-pressure-make-weak-soybean-meal
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Regulatory import delays and environmental output cuts tighten near-term Chinese meal supply, supporting soymeal prices despite roughly 7 million tons of soybeans stockpiled in port. Feed buyers should expect firmer meal prices in the short term.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2018-01-01 | [Indonesian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum Pushes for Farm Certification, Less Fishmeal Use in Aquaculture - U.S. Soybean Export Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67070-indonesian-fisheries-and-aquaculture-forum-pushes-for-farm-certification-less.md) | +1.6% | +8.9% |
| SBM | 2025-10-29 | [European soymeal prices surge on EUDR premiums and firm CBOT futures \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4784-european-soymeal-prices-surge-on-eudr-premiums-and-firm-cbot-futures-s-and-p.md) | +3.4% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2016-12-13 | [China's soybean meal futures rise to 5-month high RAID](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73553-china-s-soybean-meal-futures-rise-to-5-month-high-raid.md) | -0.8% | -1.3% |
| SBM | 2023-02-25 | [Soybean crush margins plummet in wake of EPA ruling \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15330-soybean-crush-margins-plummet-in-wake-of-epa-ruling-the-western-producer.md) | -0.4% | -9.6% |
| SBM | 2018-09-02 | [Argentina IMF deal could mean reversal of Macri's grain tax cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62868-argentina-imf-deal-could-mean-reversal-of-macri-s-grain-tax-cuts.md) | +4.0% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2016-11-27 | [EPA Renewable Fuel Standard rallies soybean oil prices - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73744-epa-renewable-fuel-standard-rallies-soybean-oil-prices-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -1.8% | -5.4% |
| SOY | 2022-01-14 | [European Commission proposes new set of measures to address deforestation, waste management and soil health](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43166-european-commission-proposes-new-set-of-measures-to-address-deforestation-waste.md) | +3.6% | +15.9% |
| SOY | 2026-06-01 | [Latest U.S.-China Agriculture Talks Expand Purchasing Pledges Beyond Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14569-latest-u-s-china-agriculture-talks-expand-purchasing-pledges-beyond-soybeans.md) | -5.0% | -4.5% |

## Sources

- en.cnagri.com: http://en.cnagri.com/news/insight/20171129/299315.html

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