Homepage  Homepage     Search on site  Search on site     To write the letter  To write the letter     Site map  Site map
Agro Perspectiva
We are on: 
   
 


Home > News

Chinese Retaliation is No Longer a “What If” for Soybean Farmers

04.04.2018 16:35 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — Following China’s announcement of a proposed 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. soybeans, the American Soybean Association (ASA) is again expressing its extreme frustration about the escalation of a trade war with the largest customer of U.S. soybeans, and calling on the White House to reconsider the tariffs that led to this retaliation. China purchases 61 percent of total U.S. soybean exports, and more than 30 percent of overall U.S. soybean production. ASA President and Iowa farmer John Heisdorffer issued the following statement:

«It should surprise no one that China immediately retaliated against our most important exports, including soybeans. We have been warning the administration and members of Congress that this would happen since the prospect for tariffs was raised. That unfortunately doesn’t lend any comfort to the hundreds of thousands of soybean farmers who will be affected by these tariffs. This is no longer a hypothetical, and a 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans into China will have a devastating effect on every soybean farmer in America.

»Soybean futures are already down nearly 40 cents a bushel as of this morning. At a projected 2018 crop of 4.3 billion bushels, soybean farmers lost $1.72 billion in value for our crop this morning alone. That’s real money lost for farmers, and it is entirely preventable.

«We regret that the administration has been unable to counter China’s policies on intellectual property and information technology in a way that does not require the use of tariffs. We still have not heard a response from the administration to our March 12 letter requesting to meet with President Trump and discuss how the administration can work with soybean farmers and others in agriculture to find ways to reduce our trade deficit by increasing competitiveness rather than erecting barriers to foreign markets.

»But there is still time to reverse this damage, and the administration can still deliver for farmers by withdrawing the tariffs that caused this retaliation. China has said that its 25 percent tariff will only go into effect based on the course of action the administration takes. We call on President Trump to engage the Chinese in a constructive manner-not a punitive one-and achieve a positive result for soybean farmers."

Agro Perspectiva

< EBRD supports innovation at Ukraine’s Nova Poshta All news for
04.04.2018
Donors pledge US$2 milliard to scale up aid shipments to Yemen >

22.11.2024  
10:15 South Africa Sugar Production and Exports Estimated Down
19.11.2024  
23:04 Global Olive Oil Production Forecast to Rebound in 2024/25
22:47 Vitalii Koval discusses Ukraine's European integration with European colleagues
16:06 EBRD, European Union and United States help Kyiv prepare for winter
18.11.2024  
09:21 Agriculture Development Strategy 2030 – a roadmap to the EU
09:19 Ukrainian farmers have sown 96% of projected winter crop area
01.11.2024  
20:31 Ukraine has officially joined the International Fund for Agricultural Development
20:29 Ukrainian farmers harvested 63.7 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds
25.10.2024  
22:50 Agriculture hit hard: October port strikes rack up 30-40 million dollars in losses
21:04 Ministry of Agrarian Policy expects exports to rise in dollar terms
10:57 Ukrainian corn seed flows to Europe in further farm trade shift
24.10.2024  
23:02 Tree Nut Import Markets Highly Concentrated
23.10.2024  
11:18 Prime Minister UK warns Russian threat to global stability is accelerating as Putin ramps up attacks on Black Sea
15.10.2024  
09:35 Brazil Continues to Dominate Growth in Global Chicken Meat Exports in 2025
11.10.2024  
23:33 China Cottonseed Imports Show Strong Demand in Recent Years
20:30 India Removes Rice Export Ban, Spurring Additional Trade
30.09.2024  
17:27 List of agricultural machinery with cost compensation expanded to 11,300 items
29.09.2024  
20:21 1 in 11 people worldwide faced hunger in 2023, 1 in 5 in Africa If current trends continue, about 582 million people will be chronically undernourished in 2030, half of them in Africa
17:13 EU agri-food surplus increased in the first half of 2024
27.09.2024  
09:02 BASF presents new corporate strategy: BASF is setting a new direction for portfolio steering, capital allocation and performance culture
26.09.2024  
10:25 BASF sets new direction with corporate strategy and maintains high level of shareholder distributions
21.09.2024  
18:30 Three new sites recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
17.09.2024  
09:52 Cargill and Ducks Unlimited Working Together to Restore Watersheds Across North America
08:44 FAO calls for G20 cooperation as hunger targets continue to elude
06:40 FAO sees open trade as a cornerstone of global food security
13.09.2024  
07:08 U.S. Soybean Meal Hits 10‐Year High for Export Sales
12.09.2024  
21:26 U.S. Corn Exports Buoyed by Large Supplies
11.09.2024  
04:30 Global cereal production 2024 forecast on par with 2023 output, cereal trade likely to contract
06.09.2024  
11:35 FAO Food Price Index down marginally in August: lower sugar, meat and cereal quotations offset higher dairy and vegetable oil prices
10:34 Cargill acquires two US feed mills, strengthens production and distribution capabilities to grow with customers
05.09.2024  
09:23 PM: Plan to develop small generation facilities to reduce vulnerability to terrorism
30.08.2024  
05:03 Taras Vysotskyi discusses agricultural cooperation with Hungarian counterpart István Nagy
19.08.2024  
12:00 OTP BANK RECEIVED A $2.76 MILLION GRANT FROM USAID INVESTMENT FOR BUSINESS RESILIENCE ACTIVITY FOR CONCESSIONAL LENDING TO MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
16.08.2024  
17:10 Cargill and Goanna Ag Pilot Irrigation Efficiency Technology on Mississippi Delta Cotton Fields
12.08.2024  
20:04 Ukraine Soybean Exports Forecast at Record in 2024/25
19:48 Domestic Demand and Trade Restrictions Reduce India Grain Exports
11.08.2024  
09:15 USAID Announces $3.9 billion in Direct Budget Support to the Government of Ukraine
09.08.2024  
17:41 USAID Announces $3.9 billion in Direct Budget Support to the Government of Ukraine
07.08.2024  
08:19 Turkey’s Mandarin Production and Exports to Rebound
26.07.2024  
09:28 Ongoing Economic Crisis in Argentina Impacts Dairy
15.07.2024  
10:28 Decline of China Pork Imports Continues in 2024
08:20 Lower Prices Propel Mexico 2023/24 Soybean Meal Imports
13.07.2024  
10:15 China Imports of Major Feed Grains at Record for Oct-May period
12.07.2024  
01:08 Climate risks projected to affect fish biomass around the world's ocean, FAO report says
06.07.2024  
10:15 Global cereal production 2024 forecast scaled up and now set to exceed the 2023 level
10:01 FAO Food Price Index stable in June
03.07.2024  
12:31 World pear production for MY 2023/24 is projected up more than 275,000 tons to 25.2 million
12:23 U.S. wheat exports are forecast to rebound by more than a million tons in the 2024/25 marketing year
01.07.2024  
08:58 World apple production for MY 2023/24 is forecast to rise more than 700,000 tons to 83.7 million
08:39 World coffee production for 2024/25 is forecast to rebound 7.1 million bags

Also available: 


NewsNews - News - News - News - News - News
BriefWeekly Reports - Free article
SubscriptionTariff - News&Reports
AdvertisingMagazine - Site
ConferencesForum AGRO-2013 - DAIRY WORLD-2008 - FERTILIZERS-2010
Statistics
For our clientsAgroNewsDaily - Ukrainian Grain&Oilseed Market - Fertilizers - Milk Monthly - Milk Weekly
About usAbout project - Contact
2002 -2024 © Agrarika, ltd.
tel.: +380 67 4473802; +380 67 5964652
e-mail: client@agroperspectiva.com