China increased imports of Russian wheat, but reduced purchases of soybeans and rapeseed
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China significantly increased wheat imports from Russia in the first half of 2024, while corn purchases fell sharply, Interfax reports.
China purchased Russian wheat for $38.9 mln against $4.6 mln a year earlier. At the same time, imports of Russian corn decreased to $19.9 million from $54.3 million.
Purchases of cereals also increased. Thus, China’s imports of Russian buckwheat and millet more than doubled to $43.6 mln from $20.8 mln in January-June 2023, and oats – to $28.6 mln from $13.7 mln, respectively.
At the same time, China reduced the imports of Russian soybeans to $196.9 mln in the first half of the year from $346.1 mln in January-June last year.
The purchases of rapeseed also decreased to $68.6 mln from $85.98 mln.
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