China Market
Monday, October 5, 2020
China Corn: Slower pre-festive sales hold prices stable (week ended Oct 2, 2020)
Sales of corn slowed due to the approaching of Mid-autumn Festival and the long October holidays. This helped to ease the upward pressure of the corn market due to the anticipation of tight corn availability.
Monday, October 5, 2020
China Soymeal: Prices consolidate lower on softer demand (week ended Oct 5, 2020)
Soymeal prices were mixed in China, as sales slowed while market participants prepared for the upcoming holidays. Meanwhile, supplies of soymeal were ample with weekly crushing volumes reaching a high of 2.27 million tonnes.
Sunday, October 4, 2020
China's frozen pork reserves running out?
Has China nearly exhausted its reserves of frozen pork? New estimates by Enodo Economics, a London-based consultancy focused on China, say they're at a low ebb.
Saturday, October 3, 2020
China wants to become 95% self-sufficient in pork
China wants to reduce its dependency on pork imports and has set an ambitious goal to become almost self-sufficient in the staple.
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Chicken prices in China down 25% as pork production continues rebound
Chicken prices in China have dropped 25% in the face of oversupply as the country's hog population continues to rebound and larger volumes of pork are being produced.
Friday, October 2, 2020
China Soymeal: Prices soar 7% in six weeks (week ended Sep 28, 2020)
Over the week, prices of CBOT November soy futures fell by 2% after climbing for several weeks.
Friday, October 2, 2020
China Corn: Robust demand lift prices (week ended Sep 25, 2020)
In view of soaring corn prices amid tight availability, deep processors eagerly stocked inventories. Hence, even as farmers were keen to release newly harvested corn, which were difficult to preserve due to the high moisture content, prices ...
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Argentina's exports of beef to China returns to pre-pandemic levels
Argentina's ABC meat export consortium said the country is set to export about 870,000 tonnes of beef to China in 2020, similar to export numbers in 2019 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
China to suspend Minerva SA beef imports for one week
China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) said it has imposed a temporary suspension on beef imports from Brazilian meatpacker Minerva SA for one week over a possible COVID-19-related contamination issue, Reuters reported.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
China's swine herd improving but pork production needs time to recover
Experts and analysts said China's swine herd is recovering quickly following the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, but pork production will take more time to recover because of the new herd's low quality, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The world beef market: Aggressive export growth and shaky trade fundamentals
Weather, politics and trade barriers play a role but beef's strong (but vulnerable) trade fundamentals are in China's control.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
China Threonine: Prices rise further (week ended Sep 28, 2020)
Producers of threonine continued to lift the prices of threonine while output costs stayed high. Demand remained stable as feed producers stocked inventories, albeit cautiously, while prices remained relatively low.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
China Tryptophan: Improved demand, limited supply lift prices (week ended Sep 28, 2020)
Limited output supported tryptophan prices to move higher of late. Buyers accumulated stocks in preparation for the upcoming long holidays during early October.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
China Choline Chloride: Lower costs soften prices (week ended Sep 28, 2020)
Sales of choline chloride weakened as the demand from the aquaculture sector decreased with the season ending. Producers cut prices while the costs of raw ingredients weakened lately.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
China Methionine: Market under pressure on excess availability (week ended Sep 28, 2020)
Abundant availability, coupled with weakened poultry feed demand, dragged down the prices of methionine.

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