February 17, 2006

China's January soybean imports down
 

China's soybean imports in January totaled 1.69 million tonnes, down 8.9 percent from a year ago, the Futures Daily reported Friday, quoting figures from Chinese customs.

Chinese customs is scheduled to officially release trade data around Feb 27.

The following are tables of import and export data reported.

(All figures are in tonnes unless otherwise stated.)

                   January imports in tonnes      Change on year    Exports in tonnes    Change on year

Soybean                1,690,000                           -8.9%                 20,000                   -36.4%
Corn                                  0                       Unchanged            420,000                   -14.7%
Wheat                        50,000                         -94.1%                   N.A.                        N.A.
Barley                      170,000                        +43.7%                   N.A.                        N.A.
Rice                         110,000                        +54.4%                   N.A.                        N.A.
Soy oil                     160,000                         -22.3%                   5,489                 +878.6%
Palm oil                    210,000                        +15.3%                   N.A.                        N.A. 
Rape oil                             0                             N.A.                    573                  +1779.7% 
Soymeal                    84,603                     +1769.9%                   N.A.                        N.A.