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China agrees to import Brazilian DDGS and peanut meal

China has agreed to open its market to Brazilian distillers grains and peanut meal with a sanitary and phytosanitary protocol between China's General Administration of Customs and Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock announced today. Distillers grains produced from Brazilian corn and meal produced from Brazilian peanuts that meet requirements specified in the agreement can be imported to China as of the date of the announcement. 

Both products are used as ingredients in livestock feed. 

Distillers grains are co-products of corn ethanol production, including distillers dried grains (DDG) and distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS). Brazil produced an estimated 4.2 million metric tons of distillers grains in 2024. China was the largest export market for U.S. DDGS with 6.5 million metric tons exported in 2015. Exports were redirected to other markets after China assessed antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. DDGS in 2016. In 2024 the United States exported 12.5 million metric tons of DDGS of which only 3% went to China. Brazil has begun producing corn-based ethanol in recent years.

Peanut meal is the residual product after extracting oil from peanuts. China is the world's largest producer and consumer of peanut meal, estimated by USDA at 3.9 million metric tons for 2024/25. Brazil produces only 125,000 metric tons of peanut meal.

Exporters still need to be approved and registered with China's customs administration before products can be shipped. The protocol specifies specific harmful organisms not permitted in shipments to China and requires use of management practices to control contamination. 

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