China to Continue Importing U.S. Soybeans but Unlikely to Purchase More Bloomberg reported today that sources in China indicate state-owned enterprises COFCO and Sinograin intend to continue importing the soybeans already purchased from the U.S. However, the two companies have not been told to buy the remaining 6.653 MMT of the 20 MMT that China pledged to purchase during the trade negotiations that have now stalled. At that time, it had promised to buy/import 20 MMT of U.S. soybeans. USDA export sales report data indicates that 13.347 MMT were bought with 6.343 MMT of that shipped as of 16 May, leaving 7.004 MMT still to be exported. Trade sources indicate there are now seven vessels at PNW ports and nine at USG ports that are either load...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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