Some Chinese sorghum importers have asked the Chinese authorities to waive the hefty anti-dumping deposit imposed last week on US imports already at sea, as companies rushed to sell stranded China-bound cargoes that were on the water at big discounts. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) slapped a 178.6 percent deposit starting from April 18 on
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday [17 April 2018] that it will impose provisional anti-dumping measures on grain sorghum imported from the United States. A preliminary ruling by the MOC found that U.S. companies had dumped grain sorghum on the Chinese market, and such imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic industry…Full Article:
China has launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imports of sorghum grown in the U.S., the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said in a statement on Sunday [4 February 2018]. “This is a normal case of trade remedy investigations,” said Wang Hejun, head of the ministry’s Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau…Full Article: ECNS.cn Feb 2018
A Chinese company has bought one of Australia’s largest cattle stations for $76 million. Shanghai Zhongfu, trading in Australia as Kimberley Agricultural Investment (KAI), acquired the 476,000-hectare Carlton Hill station in far north Western Australia (WA)…Full Article: China Daily Aug 2016 Key Point In March 2016, Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approved the acquisition
As more and more Chinese buyers target farmland in Texas, local agricultural property agents have started learning more about Sino-U.S. trade and Chinese culture, according to Sinovision.net. Minor Taylor, a farmland agent in Bay City, Houston, said he has felt the need to learn about Chinese market demand, as the number of Chinese buyers has
China likes its baijiu, which is becoming more popular around the world. A byproduct of that demand is a booming US export market for sorghum. Sorghum exports this year are expected to make up 62 percent of the total amount harvested, the highest proportion since 1975, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic
The perils of forecasting the Chinese agricultural market came to the fore earlier this month when the US Department of Agriculture slashed its predictions for Chinese corn imports. Last year, the USDA reckoned China was set to become the largest importer of grain. But mounting evidence of rising inventories and falling demand triggered a rethink
New USDA data shows that US exports of sorghum to China reached a 19-year high in one week last month to meet Chinese demand for cheaper alternatives to corn for livestock feed, US sorghum experts said. Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture on Monday showed that the US exported 584,324 metric tons of
The Chinese company developing the second stage of the Ord irrigation scheme in Western Australia, has bought the old Kununurra sugar mill. Kimberley Agricultural Investments (KAI) is currently developing 13,400 hectares of irrigated land and has purchased the sugar mill which sits on a 19 hectare block. The property is currently being used as offices
Increasing alcohol consumption in China tied to the nation’s economic expansion is raising the imports of sorghum from the United States. The grain is used to make baijiu, a traditional Chinese spirit. The International Grains Council said China’s imports of US sorghum may be even greater than US farm officials thought. Agrimoney.com reported the council