China August Corn Imports Up 784% YoY; Jan-Aug Cotton Imports Up 87.9%

Sep 17, 2026 23:06 ET · Sep 17, 2026

TREE NEWS reports: China imported 320,000 tonnes of corn and corn flour in August, up 784% year on year, bringing the January-August total to 1.68 million tonnes, up 91.1%. August wheat and wheat flour imports rose 13.4% to 260,000 tonnes, with the cumulative total up 35.6% at 3.52 million tonnes. August sugar imports fell 20.9% to 650,000 tonnes, while August cotton imports rose 10.7% to 80,000 tonnes, with the cumulative cotton total up 87.9% at 1.11 million tonnes.

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AI take

The corn figure is eye-catching, but the more telling signal is the breadth: corn, wheat and cotton all show strong cumulative gains, while sugar is the lone decliner. That mix points to a broad restocking or policy-driven buying pattern rather than a single commodity story, with cotton's 87.9% cumulative rise relevant to textile supply chains and RWA-linked soft commodities. Whether sugar's pullback reflects a shift in demand or simply timing is the open question.

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