date:Jan 17, 2013
ina that include supplies from the United States. Continued growing demand, the probable long-term maxing out of significant gains in the size of the Chinese crop and a need to keep costs under control appear to make a strong argument for meaningful increases in corn imports to China.
By 2018, we expect Chinese corn imports to be in the range of five to ten million tonnes, Mr. Nelson said. How much of that is likely to be from the U.S rather than countries with cheaper corn remains to be seen.