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China MOA S&D August 2017

There were few changes in supply and demand estimates by China's Ministry of Agriculture in August with harvests for major crops about to begin in coming months.

The 2016/17 estimate of corn imports was raised by 200,000 mt to 1 million metric tons. According to MOA, the corn auctioned from reserves has not met demands of processors, so some switched to imports. As of yesterday's auctions, 40 mmt of corn had been auctioned from China's reserves since May. However, the MOA balance sheet estimates that the supply of corn for 2016/17 will still exceed consumption by 9.7 mmt.

MOA revised its estimate of 2017/18 corn  yields downward due to pest problems in certain areas--although the yield is still historically high. Corn production for 2017/18 will fall to 210.7 mmt, and consumption will exceed supply by 3.17 mmt in the coming market year, according to the MOA estimates.

China corn supply and demand (Ministry of Ag, August 2017)
Item Unit 2016/17 July 2016/17 August 2017/18 July 2017/18 August
Planted area 1000 ha 36,760 36,760 35,496 35,496
Harvested area 1000 ha 36,760 36,760 35,496 35,496
Yield Kg/ha 5,973 5,973 5,970 5,936
Production MMT 219.57 219.57 211.91 210.7
Imports MMT 0.8 1 1 1
Consumption MMT 210.72 210.72 214.57 214.57
--Food MMT 7.82 7.82 7.89 7.89
--Feed MMT 133.03 133.03 135.03 135.03
--Industrial use MMT 58.25 58.25 60.25 60.25
--Seed MMT 1.61 1.61 1.57 1.57
--Loss and other MMT 10.01 10.01 9.83 9.83
Exports MMT 0.15 0.15 0.3 0.3
Surplus MMT 9.50 9.70 -1.96 -3.17

MOA made no changes in the soybean S&D.

China soybean supply and demand (Ministry of Ag, August 2017)
Item Unit 2016/17 July 2016/17 August 2017/18 July 2017/18 August
Planted area 1000 ha 7,208 7,208 8,196 8,196
Harvested area 1000 ha 7,202 7,202 8,196 8,196
Yield Kg/ha 1796 1796 1797 1797
Production MMT 12.94 12.94 14.73 14.73
Imports MMT 91.55 91.55 93.16 93.16
Consumption MMT 106.16 106.16 108.63 108.63
--Crushing MMT 91.09 91.09 92.50 92.50
--Food MMT 11.18 11.18 12.04 12.04
--Seed MMT 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64
Loss and other MMT 3.25 3.25 3.45 3.45
Exports MMT 0.13 0.13 0.22 0.22
Surplus MMT -1.81 -1.81 -0.97 -0.97

Chinese authorities have sold off 2.15 mmt of their cotton reserves as of August 4. MOA adjusted 2016/17 cotton consumption up by 100,000 to reflect the success in selling cotton into the market. Estimated cotton imports were raised to 1.05 mmt. The 2016/17 ending inventory was adjusted downward by only 40,000 mt to 9.09 mmt.

Estimated cotton output for 2017/18 was adjusted upward to 5.28 mmt on both increased area and higher yield. Imports will be only 1 mmt, and consumption will exceed supply. The ending inventory will fall further to 7.46 mmt in 2017/18.

China cotton supply and demand (Ministry of Ag, August 2017)
Item Unit 2016/17 July 2016/17 August 2017/18 July 2017/18 August
Begin inventory MMT 11.11 11.11 9.13 9.09
Planted area 1000 ha 3,100 3,100 3,200 3,293
Yield Kg/ha 1,555 1,555 1,594 1,602
Production MMT 4.82 4.82 5.10 5.28
Imports MMT 1.00 1.05 1.00 1.00
Consumption MMT 7.79 7.89 7.74 7.9
Exports MMT 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
End Inventory MMT 9.13 9.09 7.49 7.46

MOA raised its estimate of 2016/17 soybean oil imports to accommodate increased demand from a growing stream of rural-urban migrants discovered by the National Bureau of Statistics in its report on economic growth for the first half of 2017. Exports of edible oils were raised due to increases in sales of specialty oil products.

China edible oils supply and demand (Min Agriculture, August 2017)
Item Unit 2016/17 July 2016/17 August 2017/18 July 2017/18 August
Production MMT 27.06 27.06 27.21 27.28
--Soy oil MMT 15.96 15.96 16.05 16.05
--Rapeseed oil MMT 5.76 5.76 5.71 5.71
--Peanut oil MMT 3.18 3.18 3.24 3.24
Imports MMT 5.6 5.72 6.2 6.2
--Palm oil MMT 3.25 3.25 3.75 3.75
--Rapeseed oil MMT 0.75 0.75 0.85 0.85
--Soy oil MMT 0.58 0.70 0.58 0.58
Consumption MMT 31.46 31.68 31.63 31.86
--Urban MMT 21.5 22.92 21.65 23.12
--Rural MMT 9.96 8.76 9.98 8.74
Exports MMT 0.13 0.17 0.13 0.13
Surplus MMT 1.07 0.93 1.66 1.49


China sugar supply and demand (Ministry of Ag, August 2017)
Item Unit 2016/17 July 2016/17 August 2017/18 July 2017/18 August
Planted area 1000 ha 1351 1351 1472 1472
--sugar cane 1000 ha 1183 1183 1277 1277
--sugar beets 1000 ha 168 168 195 195
Yield




--sugar cane MT/ha 60 60 60 60
--sugar beets MT/ha 52.5 52.5 52.5 52.5
Sugar output MMT 9.29 9.29 10.47 10.47
--sugar cane MMT 8.24 8.24 9.23 9.23
--sugar beets MMT 1.05 1.05 1.24 1.24
Imports MMT 3 2.6 3.2 3.2
Consumption MMT 15 15 15 15
Exports MMT 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
Surplus MMT -2.78 -3.18 -1.4 -1.4
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