The amount of US agricultural products imported by China in the first five months “halved” comparing with same period last year
China’s imports of agricultural products from Brazil, Asean, the European Union, Australia and Canada maintained rapid growth from January to May, while imports of agricultural products from the United States continued to decline rapidly, data from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs showed Thursday.The amount of agricultural products imported from Brazil rose 20.7% to 76.19 billion yuan from 63.12 billion yuan in the same period last year.imports of US agricultural products fell 55.3% to 32.73 billion yuan from 73.22 billion yuan a year earlier. Soybean imports from January-May totaled 31.751 million tons, down 12.2% year on year, of which 4.309 million tons were imported from the United States from January to April, down 70.6% year on year.The import of pork, beef and mutton increased from January to May, totaling 1.405 million tons.