# Brock: Predicting China corn purchases more than a challenge

> US ethanol exports to China have fallen to zero, while exports to Brazil are up sharply. DDGS shipments to China are down 70 percent so far this year, and China's share of US DDGS exports has fallen below 10 percent after China's anti-dumping duties took effect.

- Date: 2017-08-08 · published 2017-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69330-brock-predicting-china-corn-purchases-more-than-a-challenge
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Chinese demand for DDGS shifts volume to other markets at lower prices, which weighs on DDGS values. Chinese corn self-sufficiency and falling stocks ratios make future corn purchases hard to predict.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/brock-predicting-china-corn-purchases-more-than-a-challenge

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