AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommoditySoybeans

Date01/12/2018

Policy CategoryStocks

Policy InstrumentPublic stockholding

DescriptionReported sales – through public auctions – of 2.01 million tonnes of soybeans from Government reserves (between January and December 2018).

NotesDuring 2018, cumulative offers of soybeans from government reserves have been raised to 5.66 million tonnes (as opposed to 0.55 million tonnes last year), with actual sales totalling 2.01 million tonnes (compared to 0.22 million tonnes in 2017).