China's soybean imports from the US more than double year-on-year in July

Trade tensions between Beijing and Washington last year had prompted Chinese buyers to delay purchases of the previous U.S. harvest until after an October summit between the two countries' leaders.

Following the meeting, Beijing purchased around 12 million tons of U.S. soybeans, still well below levels from before the trade war.

Traders told Reuters last week that this year China purchased more than 7 million tons of U.S. soybeans after a mid-May summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The meeting left unchanged China's commitment to purchase 25 million tons of soybeans each year through 2028.

Chinese imports of soybeans from the United States grew 164% in July from a year earlier as soybeans bought under a deal to end last year's trade war continued to arrive at Chinese ports.

• China imported 1.11 million metric tons of soybeans from the United States in July, up from 420,874 tons in the same month of 2025, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Thursday.
• The increase reflected the continued arrival at Chinese ports of cargoes purchased after Beijing resumed buying U.S. soybeans late last year.

• Imports from Brazil fell 5.9% year-on-year to 9.78 million tons from 10.39 million tons in July last year.
• Total soybean arrivals in July fell 1.6% from a year earlier to 11.48 million metric tons, down from a surge last year in purchases of Brazilian beans amid the trade war.
• In the January-July period, soybean imports from the U.S. fell 38% from a year earlier to 10.29 million tons, while shipments from Brazil rose 5.37% to 44.53 million tons.