December 26, 2007
China soy imports increase while rapeseed imports decline
China's import of soy increased by 42.8 percent in November to a total of 3.4 million tonnes while rapeseed imports fell by 23 percent.
The following table from General Administration of Customs of China shows imports of soy, soymeal, rapeseed and rapeseed meal from major countries of origin in the first 11 months of 2007.
|
|
November |
|
Jan-November |
|
|
|
tonnes |
pct chg* |
tonnes |
Pct chg* |
|
Imports: |
|
|
|
|
|
Soy |
3,352,496 |
42.8 |
27,894,031 |
7.9 |
|
US |
1,266,577 |
26.8 |
10,256,529 |
26.4 |
|
|
1,239,805 |
130.2 |
7,110,933 |
21.1 |
|
Brazil |
805,995 |
0.3 |
10,247,284 |
-10.1 |
|
|
38,415 |
563.4 |
263,950 |
-38.5 |
|
Rapeseed |
66,193 |
-23.0 |
825,261 |
22.2 |
|
|
63,111 |
-21.5 |
821,856 |
23.4 |
|
Mongolia |
2,581 |
-54.0 |
2,770 |
-70.3 |
|
Russia |
501 |
|
636 |
398.5 |
|
Soymeal |
28,386 |
1,325.3 |
84,626 |
-87.3 |
|
|
1,874 |
|
82,777 |
-83.5 |
|
|
500 |
81.8 |
1,088 |
-44.3 |
|
|
78 |
-62.5 |
78 |
-98.2 |
|
Rapeseed meal |
4,603 |
-76.6 |
268,509 |
15.0 |
|
India |
3,590 |
-79.8 |
261,911 |
24.1 |
|
Ethiopia |
1,013 |
|
1,776 |
|
