China clears Brazilian sorghum and distillers corn for export

the Asian country, the ministry said in a statement. China is Brazil’s top soybean buyer and has been seeking to diversify both animal feed ingredients and sourcing after a trade dispute with the United States curbed U.S. sorghum shipments to the Chinese market this year. China accounts for more than 80% of global sorghum imports, which totaled more than $2.6 billion last year, the ministry said. “With these authorizations, Brazil now has a regular channel for shipments to the world’s largest importer of grains and feed inputs, improving contract predictability and creating room to increase export volumes in coming harvests,” the ministry added. Production of DDG, or corn meal — a key animal feed ingredient — is expected to rise in Brazil as corn ethanol output grows. Production of corn ethanol is forecast to increase 22.6% in the current 2025/26 season, according to Brazil’s crop agency Conab. Brazil exported more than 790,000 metric tons of corn meal in 2024, up from 600,000 ...