http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...t-of-russian-soybeans-amid-halt-on-us-imports
China has purchased record amounts of soybeans from Russia in recent months amid trade tensions with the U.S., Bloomberg reported.
The world's biggest soybean importer, China has nearly tripled its imports from Russia, according to Bloomberg. Russian trade data show the country sold 850,000 metric tons of soybeans to China between July 2017 and mid-May this year.
The record sales represent more than twice the 340,000 tons sold during the previous growing period.
The move comes amid China's halt on purchases from the U.S., the world's largest producer of soybeans.
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While Russia's soybean production makes up less than 1 percent of the amount China imports, the size of soybean plantings in eastern Russia could reportedly expand up to 20 percent in the next two to three years.
