date:May 16, 2014
Soybean shipments to China are increasing again amid demand for poultry and aquaculture feed after purchases from the biggest buyer dropped earlier this year because of bird flu, a Bloomberg News survey shows.
Imports in the 12 months through Sept. 30 may reach 66 million metric tons, compared with 60 million tons a year earlier, according to the median of the survey of seven China- based researchers and crushers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected Chinese imports of 69 million tons,