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There's a huge one that doesn't seem to have made it to the press with the noise it should have. China has made approximately $0 of orders of US soy beans this year. They've taken delivery of millions of tons this year so far, but these are from orders placed last year. As yet, with a September 1 fiscal year looming, there have been zero orders of US soy beans from China.
China is usually the #1 customer of US soy beans, to the tune of buying 50-60% of the US crop annually. (The one exception was 2018 when a trade war broke out and China only ordered 18% of the US crop.) This year China is poised to order none. 0% of the US crop. And this is in a year when soy farmers, who were at least partially protected from the trade war in 2018 in terms of government assistance, are facing increased operating costs (because of tariffs) in exactly the year that they're facing a complete gutting of their market. Further, the current government attitude is "fuck the poors" so they won't be getting much, if any, protection from the consequences.
There's going to be some serious pain in the soy belt as China uses its soy reserves and refills them from Brazil instead of the USA.
Oh, can you guess which farmers predominantly voted Trump? Yeah. The soy belt farmers. So I'm going to enjoy watching them crash and burn.
CHina found other sources for soybean other than USA, that ship has sailed long before 2022.
2018 aside (where the proportion of sales to China plummet to 18% of sales share because of a trade war), the Chinese have bought 50-60% of American soy beans. Including 2024.
Now it's 0%.
This is not "since before 2022". Here are the approximate percentages for the past 15 years.
China may have found other sources, but they didn't switch to them (outside of the 2018-2019 kerfuffle) until, you know, this year.