China to cut barley imports from Russia and Kazakhstan in 2025

Published Dec 10, 2024

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China lifted restrictions on barley imports from Russia and Kazakhstan in 2020, but imports from these countries remain low. The majority of China's barley imports come from France, Canada, and Argentina. The import volume and prices have been fluctuating since 2016, with a trend of large imports and increasing prices from 2016 to 2022, and smaller imports and decreasing prices from 2023 to 2024. An anti-dumping investigation on Australian barley imports was conducted from 2020 to 2023, resulting in a significant decrease in imports from Australia. Despite lifting restrictions, Kazakhstan and Russia contribute a small portion to China's barley import market.

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In 2020, the People's Republic of China lifted restrictions on the import of barley from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, but export volumes from these countries still remain low. According to forecasts, in 2025, the volume of barley imported to China from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan will decrease, the APK News agency reports. China is a traditionally large agricultural state. The annual volume of food imports is approaching 162 million tons, of which barley accounts for 11.3 million tons with a share of almost 7%. As Ding Yuling, a representative of the Chinese company, reported at the Kazakh Grain@Logistic Forum in Astana, in 2023, China purchased 11 million 325 thousand tons of barley from different countries of the world at an average price of 332.97 yuan per ton (under the CNF contract). The main barley supplier countries were France, Canada and Argentina. The main provinces and cities importing barley were Fujian Province and ...

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