Preliminary statistics released by the General Administration of Customs show that China imported 9.543 million tons of soybeans in December 2019, an increase of 1.265 million tons from 15.278 million tons in November, an increase of 15.25%. Compared with the 5.723 million tons in the same period of 2018, an increase of 3.82 million tons, an increase of 66.69%.

From January to December 2019, China imported 88.511 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 474,000 tons, an increase of 0.5% compared to 88.037 million tons in 2018.