US Soy Starts 2021 With Big Sales To China
Bill Tomson, Agri Pulse
The new year got off to a big start for U.S. soybean trade, with sales and shipments to China totaling nearly 2 million metric tons for just the first week in January, according to the latest trade data.
The USDA is reporting Thursday that Chinese buyers contracted in the first seven days of January to purchase 758,300 metric tons of U.S. soybeans for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year and 66,000 tons for delivery in 2021-22. The new crop export sales to China could actually be much higher. The USDA also reported 260,000 tons of export sales to “unknown destinations,” which often means delivery to China.