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Finalised blending mandates and updated clean fuel tax credits are pulling record volumes of soybean oil into energy production, tightening availability for feed and food users.
Chinese arrivals are forecast to remain above 10 million tonnes per month through July and August, with analysts saying full-year imports could approach or exceed the 2025 record.
China is expected to import about 25 million metric tonnes of soybeans from the United States during the US 2025/26 marketing year (September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026), up from 22.6 million tonnes in the previous year, the US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) predicted on June 21.
The partnership is constructing a VND1,000 billion processing plant in Thai Binh as Vietnam's tilapia export value approaches US$100 million for 2025.
Feed manufacturers cited restricted access to low-cost US soybean as a key driver of the price hike that prompted state intervention.
An aquaponics system developed by a Chongqing, China, government-backed firm has been shipped to the district of Jhapa in Eastern Nepal, marking the latest piece of Chinese aquaculture technology sent abroad.
Brazil has reached a historic milestone in soybean exports in 2026.
China has agreed to ramp up trade for US agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualised rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced on May 17, two days after President Donald Trump returned from a high-stakes summit in Beijing where he sought to ease the impact on American farmers from the trade war he launched last year.
The United States has become Bangladesh's top soybean supplier, as private importers increased purchases under a reciprocal trade deal and US prices eased earlier in the year when Chinese demand briefly slowed.
South Dakota, US officials are trying to strengthen trade relationships with Japan and South Korea as soybean farmers look to diversify beyond China, which has reduced its purchases.
The Soybean Promotion Board of Arkansas, the United States, has approved US$4.387 million in funding for 96 research and promotion projects.
The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) announced the release of the third US Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) annual report outlining sustainability progress and successes in US soybean production.
The US Embassy in Myanmar announced on February 25 that US exporters and Myanmar buyers signed an agreement for Myanmar to purchase soybean meal from the United States.
US farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn in 2026 than last year, although both harvests were expected to be the second-largest on record, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on February 19.
A US official said that US farmers' dependence on soybean exports to China undermines US trade sovereignty and poses national security risks.
China imported 111.8 million tonnes of soybeans in 2025, marking a 6.5% increase from the previous year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on January 14.
Thailand has become a primary target for US soybean exporters as American farmers struggle to find alternative markets following the collapse of trade with China.
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