Articles By Jenny Ma

China imported 6% less soybeans from the United States in 2024 amid ongoing trade tensions with the North American country and the availability of competitively priced South American soybeans, but Chinese imports still grew by 7% last year.

China’s combined stocks of its major vegetable oils soybean oil, palm oil and rapeseed oil rose in the week to Friday January 10, with an increase in rapeseed and palm oil stocks outweighing a drop in soybean oil volumes, according to data from the China National Grain and Oils Information Centre (CNGOIC).