China says it has already bought 700,000 tonnes of pork, sorghum from US in 2019

Record ID: 1436880

  • Title: China says it has already bought 700,000 tonnes of pork, sorghum from US in 2019
  • Date: 15th October 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG ARRIVING FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING IN NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "I understand Chinese businesses based on domestic market demand and following market principles have purchased some U.S. agricultural products. Based on initial information, so far this year Chinese businesses have purchased 20 million tonnes of soy beans, 700,000 tonnes of pork, 700,000 tonnes of sorghum, 230,000 tonnes of wheat and 320,000 tonnes of cotton from the United States. China will also step up purchases of U.S. farm produce." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING CHINESE FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 29th October 2019 09:27
  • Keywords: China US Trade agriculture produce pork sorghum
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B17HKCN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chinese firms have already purchased 700,000 tonnes of pork and 700,000 tonnes of sorghum from the United States this year to meet market demand, said a foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday (October 15).
    China, the world's top agriculture market, has also bought 320,000 tonnes of cotton, 230,000 tonnes of wheat and 20 million tonnes of soybeans from the U.S., spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily press briefing.
    The comments came amid heightened attention on China's purchases of U.S. farm goods, one of President Donald Trump's key demands to resolve a months-long trade war between the two nations.
    Trump said on Friday (October 11) that China had agreed to purchase $40 to $50 billion worth of agricultural goods from the U.S. in the first phase of an agreement to end the trade war.
    (Production: Thomas Suen, Wang Shubing)
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