米国の大豆輸出が年率20％増 国際取引の60％を中国が買い占め
中国の11月の大豆輸入量は、前月比で46.9％も増えたとか（汗）。
US soyabean exports poised for big jump
By Gregory Meyer in New York
Published: December 10 2010 16:56 | Last updated: December 10 2010 22:51
Exports of US soyabeans are on track to post a fresh record on the back of surging demand from China.
The US Department of Agriculture said the country would export 43.27m tonnes of the oilseed in the year through to August 2011, raising its previous forecast. The agency predicts export sales to grow 20 per cent annually to $20.3bn, making soyabeans the most valuable export crop and buoying farmers' bottom lines.
The estimate coincided with data showing the US trade deficit narrowed 13.2 per cent in October from September, partly due to an increase in food and feed shipments. The US is the world's top bean exporter, followed by Brazil and Argentina.
"Soyabean exports have been extremely important to US farmers," said Sterling Smith, analyst at Country Hedging, a commodity brokerage in Minnesota.
China is expected to purchase nearly 60 per cent of world soyabean exports as its livestock industry grows. Its soyabean imports jumped 46.9 per cent last month from October, the General Administration of Customs said.
Strong demand for soyabeans can impact on other crops as US farmers ponder spring planting. The prices of corn, wheat and cotton have all surged this year, complicating decisions on how to allocate acreage.
At midday in Chicago, CBOT January soyabeans fell 1.9 per cent on the week to $12.75 a bushel, while CBOT March wheat rose 1 per cent to $7.87¼ per bushel and March corn was unchanged at $5.73½ per bushel.
In other commodity markets this week, the price of copper for delivery in three months rose to a record of $9,091 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, while gold hit a record $1,430.95 a troy ounce before dropping back below $1,400.
US soyabean exports poised for big jump
By Gregory Meyer in New York
Published: December 10 2010 16:56 | Last updated: December 10 2010 22:51
Exports of US soyabeans are on track to post a fresh record on the back of surging demand from China.
The US Department of Agriculture said the country would export 43.27m tonnes of the oilseed in the year through to August 2011, raising its previous forecast. The agency predicts export sales to grow 20 per cent annually to $20.3bn, making soyabeans the most valuable export crop and buoying farmers' bottom lines.
The estimate coincided with data showing the US trade deficit narrowed 13.2 per cent in October from September, partly due to an increase in food and feed shipments. The US is the world's top bean exporter, followed by Brazil and Argentina.
"Soyabean exports have been extremely important to US farmers," said Sterling Smith, analyst at Country Hedging, a commodity brokerage in Minnesota.
China is expected to purchase nearly 60 per cent of world soyabean exports as its livestock industry grows. Its soyabean imports jumped 46.9 per cent last month from October, the General Administration of Customs said.
Strong demand for soyabeans can impact on other crops as US farmers ponder spring planting. The prices of corn, wheat and cotton have all surged this year, complicating decisions on how to allocate acreage.
At midday in Chicago, CBOT January soyabeans fell 1.9 per cent on the week to $12.75 a bushel, while CBOT March wheat rose 1 per cent to $7.87¼ per bushel and March corn was unchanged at $5.73½ per bushel.
In other commodity markets this week, the price of copper for delivery in three months rose to a record of $9,091 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, while gold hit a record $1,430.95 a troy ounce before dropping back below $1,400.
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