China buys 35.2 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans in 2022

China imported 35.211 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans from January to June 2022. According to data from the Ministry of Economy’s Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), the volume is 12% lower than the 39.799 million tonnes imported in 2021. The country is the biggest buyer of the Brazilian oilseed.

See below the track record of Brazilian shipments of soybeans to China from January 2021 to May 2022. The data is from DataLiner.

Brazilian soybean exports to China | Jan 2021 – May 2022 | WTMT

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Spain came in second, falling behind China with 2.42 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans imported, a 7% increase over the same period last year. The Netherlands ranks third with 1.689 million tonnes, a 20% decrease year on year.

In general, Brazilian exports of soybeans totaled 53.071 million tonnes in 2022. In the same period last year, the export figure was 57.537 million tons.

Mato Grosso in the leadership

Soybean shipments from Mato Grosso totaled 20.117 million tonnes until June. Such a volume is 1% higher than that exported by the state in the same period of 2021, corresponding to 37.91% of Brazilian exports in 2022.

The state of Goiás was the second-largest exporting state, shipping 6.612 million tonnes in the period. Then comes São Paulo, with 3.749m/t and Minas Gerais, totaling 3.6m/t. Paraná, usually among the three largest exporters, was in fifth place, with 3.049 million tonnes.

Source: Canal Rural

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