China's grain imports have exceeded 100 million tons

On September 7, the customs released the latest import data, from January to August, China's grain imports have exceeded 100 million tons, soybeans have accumulated imports of 61.

Judging from this year's import situation, China's grain imports as a whole showed a decrease in volume and price, and the import amount increased by a

Since the beginning of this year, due to the influence of multiple geopolitical factors, grain prices have risen, raising the cost of grain imports, which is mainly due to the disruption of grain trade order and the deviation

According to the latest news from CCTV News, on September 7, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Seventh Eastern Economic Forum that 345 million people in the world are already facing food shortages, 1.

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The growth of grain imports is mainly due to the large proportion of soybean imports in China, and the quantity of soybean imports will directly drive the change in
the total amount of grain imports.
In China, the number of soybean imports has risen sharply, and the import volume ranks first in the world, with a self-sufficiency rate of less than 20%.

According to the statistics of all aspects, China's perennial soybean consumption exceeds 100 million tons, soybean consumption in 2021 is 108.
72 million tons, domestic soybean production is 16.
4 million tons, and import volume is 96.
52 million tons
.
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Therefore, China's real staple grain imports are not large, and the three major staple grains of rice, wheat and corn have achieved basic self-sufficiency in grain and absolute security
of rations.
So why import so much food? This is mainly related to the problem
of "eating enough" and "eating well".
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In 2021, China's per capita grain consumption will reach 483 kg, which is higher than the internationally recognized food security line of 400 kg, that is to say, in the case of no import, there is no problem in eating
enough.
But in order to eat well, this requires the transfer of variety resources
.
China's main imports are soybeans, corn, barley, sorghum and other feed grains, and imported wheat and rice are mainly used to adjust the domestic demand structure
.
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Moreover, moderate imports are an important means
of ensuring food security.
In the face of an increasingly complex global food market and increasing volatility in international food prices, we should firmly take food security into our own hands
.
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has issued a series of policies to support soybean production, and this year China has taken the expansion of soybeans as an important measure to ensure national food security, and the implementation of soybean production capacity improvement projects will effectively improve China's soybean self-sufficiency rate
.
From 2012 to 2021, China's soybean planting area increased by 13.
65%, and in 2020, China's soybean planting area reached 148 million mu, becoming the highest in ten years; soybean production steadily increased from 13.
44 million tons to 16.
4 million tons, an increase of 22.
03%.

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