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Brazil overtakes US in China soybean market as imports surge

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Brazil has significantly increased its soybean exports to China, with imports in June rising by 13.7% year-on-year. This surge contrasts with a 20.6% decrease in US soybean shipments to China during the same period. For the first half of the year, Brazil's soybean volume to China grew by 9.1%, while US shipments saw a substantial 42.4% decline, despite a Chinese pledge to import at least 25 million tonnes annually from the US through 2028. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Igor Patrick ·

    Brazil widens lead in China’s soybean market as US shipments fall despite Trump-Xi deal

    China imported 12.08 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans in June, up 13.7 per cent from a year earlier, while volumes from the United States fell 20.6 per cent to 1.27 million tonnes, far off the pace implied by the purchasing deal agreed by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinpin…

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