Reading Time: < 1 minute China's soybean imports from Brazil fell 22.2 per cent in April from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, as harvest delays, logistics issues and prolonged customs clearance disrupted shipments.
China’s April soy imports from Brazil fall 22.2 per cent from previous year
U.S. soybean exports risk 20 per cent drop without improved China deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean exports may drop 20 per cent and prices will plunge if the United States and China fail to resolve their trade dispute limiting U.S. soybeans from their largest market, agribusiness consultancy AgResource said on Wednesday.
U.S. farmers say Brazil still has edge in China’s soybean market despite trade truce
Reading Time: 2 minutes A surprising tariff pause between Beijing and Washington will not help U.S. farmers gain soy sales in China without additional concessions, producers said, because top-supplier Brazil still has a competitive price advantage.
U.S. and China reach deal to temporarily slash tariffs
‘Very positive news’ for countries’, global economies says analyst
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. and China announced they'd reached a deal to temporarily cut tariffs in a move that offered a reprieve to global economies.
China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China's agricultural heartlands.
Ahead of China talks, Trump says 80 per cent tariffs ‘seems right’
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that 80 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods "seems right;" making his first suggestion of a specific alternative to the 145 per cent levies he has imposed on China ahead of weekend talks to contain a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
Bunge’s merger with Viterra stalled by US-China trade tensions, Bloomberg reports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bunge Global's $34 billion merger with Glencore-backed Viterra is being stalled by trade tensions between the U.S. and China, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
China pivots to Europe for used cooking oil exports as tariffs hit shipments to US
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's used cooking oil exports to the United States, its largest buyer, are set to plunge in coming months due to steep tariffs, forcing sellers to divert shipments to Europe and elsewhere, industry players said.
Smithfield Foods says tariffs make China unviable market for its US pork
Reading Time: 2 minutes China, the world's biggest pork consumer, is no longer a viable market for top U.S. pork processor Smithfield Foods due to retaliatory tariffs by Beijing, company executives said on Tuesday.
Brazil to export more soy to China amid trade war, Abiove says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brazil will export more soybeans to China and more soymeal to its main clients in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in 2025 amid the trade war between the United States and China, a director at industry group Abiove said on Thursday.
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