# Over The Current Season, China Has Reduced Rapeseed Purchase From Canada

> Between September 2016 and February 2017, Canada exported 5.77 million tonnes of rapeseed, up 16.8% year on year. China's purchases fell to 1.73 million tonnes from 1.83 million due to high Chinese canola ending stocks.

- Date: 2017-04-24 · published 2017-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71598-over-the-current-season-china-has-reduced-rapeseed-purchase-from-canada
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese demand for Canadian canola weakens export demand and pressures canola prices, though strong buying from Japan, Pakistan and the EU offsets part of the decline.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12474

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