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Thursday, January 29, 2015
China corn imports drop 20% to 2.6 million tonnes in 2014
Corn imports in 2014 from the US alone was down 65.4% year on year to 1.03 million tonnes.
Monday, January 26, 2015
China Corn Weekly: Market fails to attract sufficient buyers (week ended Jan 23, 2015)
Corn market remained sluggish, with average process falling 0.30% on average. State con procurements continued to progress at a slow pace despite some improvements of late. In the feed market, feed millers remained cautious, limiting purcha ...
Monday, January 26, 2015
No upsurge in China corn imports seen despite MIR 162 approval
China may have loosened up in its stand on GM corn, particularly Syngenta's MIR 162, but its corn imports are not necessarily expected to go up, at least in the short term.
Monday, January 19, 2015
China Corn Weekly: Farmers stand firm in view of stronger demand (week ended Jan 16, 2015)
Corn prices failed to rebound as traders held back purchases prudently with the state procurement lending little support to the market. In addition, livestock feed production remained slow as feed millers were reluctant to increase output a ...
Monday, January 12, 2015
China Corn Weekly: Weak trend prevails (week ended Jan 9, 2015)
Corn farmers attempted to hold firm to prices but in vain as traders and feed millers limited buying while hog prices continued to slide. As the state corn procurements kicked off on a weak footing, buyers were not eager to stockpile invent ...
Friday, January 2, 2015
China Corn Weekly: Market remains soft despite improved demand in consumption region (week ended Dec 31, 2014)
The government's corn procurements progressed at a pace much slower than market anticipation. Hence, corn prices continued to weaken in the production regions. Prices were, however, stable in the consumption regions as feed millers stocked ...
Monday, December 29, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Market stays weak amid slow state procurement (week ended Dec 26, 2014)
Although the demand for corn picked up lately, it was not strong enough to lift corn prices. State procurements, which commenced recently, remained slow, lending little support to the market, In the northern region, where mycotoxin infectio ...
Monday, December 22, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Improved demand, government procurement underpin prices (week ended Dec 19, 2014)
The recovery in corn demand spread to more regions in China, supporting prices to stabilise gradually. However, as feed millers remained cautious while the availability of corn was ample, prices lacked the momentum to move higher. Meanwhile ...
Monday, December 15, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Logistic concerns perk up demand, stabilise prices (week ended Dec 12, 2014)
Corn demand improved in the northeast region as deep processors increased stockpiles amid concerns that deliveries might be delayed due to snowstorms. In the eastern region, buyers stocked inventories as well, as tight rail schedules in the ...
Monday, December 8, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Prices tumble 7% since September (week ended Dec 5, 2014)
Corn market showed little improvement as feed demand stayed weak during the period in review, prompting feed millers to limit purchases of raw ingredients. Moreover, the state procurement did not kick start as expected during early December ...
Monday, December 1, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Further drops in prices (week ended Nov 28, 2014)
Buying interest improved during the week in review, as some traders stockpiled inventories in anticipation of stronger demand. Corn prices continued to slide despite showing signs of stabilising in the previous week.
Monday, November 24, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Price falls slow as sellers stand firm (week ended Nov 21, 2014)
On average corn prices edged down 0.10% over the week. Price falls continued to slow as prices were stable to moderately higher in most regions. Corn farmers were reluctant to negotiate prices, which have fallen below last year's state proc ...
Monday, November 17, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Market shows signs of stabilising (week ended Nov 14, 2014)
Corn prices showed signs of stabilising in the northeast production region, as the crop yield in Liaoning province, one of China's major corn production grounds, dropped below last year's level. Corn availability tightened as farmers held b ...
Monday, November 10, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Slower price falls (week ended Nov 7, 2014)
Demand for corn showed little improvement as feed millers withheld buying prudently. However, prices of corn slid at a slower pace as farmers were reluctant to close deals with prices falling below expectation. In the production region, pri ...
Monday, November 3, 2014
China Corn Weekly: prices dip 5% in two months (week ended Oct 31, 2014)
Corn prices dropped another 1.54% over the week as more newly harvested crops hit the market. Deep processors and feed millers were not eager to stockpile inventories in anticipation of ample supplies. Corn prices have dipped by almost 5% a ...

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