Just a year after China approved Brazilian corn imports, Brazil has surpassed the United States as the main corn supplier to China, according to China Customs. By November, Brazil’s exports to China reached 8.79 million tons. This accounts for 40% of China’s total corn imports of 22.18 million tons. In contrast, the U.S. provided nearly […]
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