The current situation of China's agricultural exports

Since 2007, the international market for agricultural products has undergone significant changes, in particular, the world's food supply and demand is tight, food stocks continue to decline as well as the overall food prices continue to rise. 1. rice wheat and other major food net exports in recent years the world food market supply and demand is tight, some major food-exporting countries to take certain restrictions on food exports, further aggravating the food supply and demand tension. In this situation, China's major food imports and exports still maintain a net export, especially rice, wheat and corn, which shows that China's supply of major food varieties based on domestic production, thereby resolving the tight supply and demand for world food brought about by the trade pressure. 2. Soybean edible vegetable oil imports are huge Soybean and edible vegetable oil imports continue to grow, soybean imports exceeded 30 million tons, imported 8.98 million tons of edible vegetable oil. The second session of the International Fats and Oils Conference information pointed out that in 2006-2007, China's soybean oil imports and consumption reached 2.4 million tons and 8.63 million tons, have jumped to the world's first. China's soybean oil, palm oil and rapeseed oil imports all ranked first in the world, the three edible vegetable oil imports accounted for 18% of global trade, of which soybean oil imports accounted for 24% of the total global soybean oil trade. 3. Agricultural imports and exports continue to grow faster Since 2007, China's foreign trade in agricultural products continue to maintain the growth trend, agricultural exports and imports are the eighth consecutive year of growth, the total amount of agricultural imports and exports has reached 77.59 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 23.1% over 2006, and create a new record. 4. Agricultural products import and export deficit increased significantly in recent years, China's agricultural products foreign trade deficit has become the norm. 2005 and 2006 agricultural products import and export deficit decreased, but in 2007 the agricultural products import and export deficit and increased significantly, the deficit reached 4.35 billion U.S. dollars. The value of agricultural trade deficit fluctuates and tends to increase, which not only reflects the problems of domestic resources and agricultural production, but also shows that under the complicated and changing situation of the world political and economic situation and the international market, it is more and more difficult for us to cope with the international situation and regulate in time. 5. Advantageous agricultural exports continue to grow faster Fruits, vegetables and aquatic products are China's traditional agricultural exports with comparative advantages in large varieties. Although the foreign trade of livestock products is still net imports, but livestock products are an important part of China's agricultural exports, its exports amounted to 4.05 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 11.05% of China's total exports of agricultural products. 6. the international market price of agricultural products climbed rapidly the rapid rise in prices of agricultural products is an important feature of the domestic and foreign market changes. 2007 international market price of wheat rose 112%, soybean prices rose 75.1% for the country, corn prices rose 47.3%. The Ministry of Commerce released the "China's agricultural import and export statistics report" shows that from January to November 2007, agricultural imports year-on-year price index (Pai) for 124.6, agricultural exports year-on-year price index (Pai) for 105.9, which shows that the international food prices on the domestic market to pull the role.