(WASHINGTON D.C.) — It appears that China has begun purchases of some U.S. farm goods this week, including wheat and sorghum, according to a report from Reuters.
The report says that Chinese buyers have booked two cargoes of U.S. wheat, the first such purchases since October last year, two traders said on Thursday, while a sorghum shipment has been sent from the United States to China, a U.S. industry official said. According to Reuters, the deals to import U.S. agricultural goods come as Beijing confirmed on Wednesday that it suspended retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, including duties on farm goods, although shipments of U.S. soybeans still face a 13% tariff.
Meanwhile, there has still not been much mention of China buying U.S. soybeans but instead they continue to buy cheaper soybeans from Brazil. This after U.S. prices rallied to a premium in recent days over Brazilian prices. The Trump Administration has said that China pledged to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in the last two months of 2025 and at least 25 million tons in each of the next three years, but Beijing has yet to confirm those figures according to Reuters.
