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China, the world's top buyer of soybeans, brought in 1.68
million tonnes of the oilseed from the U.S. in August, up from
265,377 tonnes a year ago. That was up 84% from last month's
911,888 tonnes, according to data released by the General
Administration of Customs.
Soybean imports from the United States dried up in the second
half of 2018, after Beijing slapped a 25% tariff on a list of
American products including soybeans last July, amid a
tit-for-tat trade war.
But Chinese state firms resumed purchases of some 14 million
tonnes of the oilseed from U.S. farmers starting in December
during a temporary truce in the spat.
Those purchases eased after the trade tensions between Beijing
and Washington increased, before Chinese firms made two big
purchases of U.S. beans this month ahead of high level talks
next month.
China's August soybean imports from top supplier Brazil were
6.68 million tonnes, down from last year's 7.95 million tonnes,
but up slightly from 6.42 million tonnes in July.
Shipments from Argentina increased to 654,555 tonnes, up 19.5%
from 547,942 tonnes last year, data showed.
China's soybean demand has been checked by a year-old outbreak
of African swine fever that has decimated the country's pig
herd, the world's biggest.
The table below shows China's soybean imports from Brazil, the
United States, and Argentina in August 2019, according to the
customs data.
(Reporting by Hallie Gu and Dominique Patton; editing by
Christian Schmollinger)
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