China, the world's largest buyer of soybeans, wants to increase its own oilseed production up to 18.9 million tonnes by 2020. That would be 55.6% more than the domestic harvest in the year 2014. You would use the rising consumption on the one hand as himself, on the other hand, the revenues should increase incomes in rural areas. It also more rapeseed and peanuts to be grown, which are also on the menu of the Chinese as oilseeds.
Currently, China struggles to meet high demand, as the prosperity of the country and people with middle income increasingly eating meat after oilseeds.
In 2016/17 season, China will import 86 million tons of soybeans, the own production of soybeans in China currently stands at only 12.5 million tonnes, so the USDA. Consumption of soya beans, rapeseed and peanuts is estimated at 130 million tons in 2020 from a Commission of experts. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the national production. The Government in Beijing is pushing farmers but also to restrict their maize cultivation, who had most recently led to overproduction.
Soy beans to be grown in the year 2020 on 140 million mu (9.3 million hectares), 37% more than the 102 million mu in the year 2014. A mu is a Chinese unit of area that correspond to the 670 square meters.
The production of canola seed is expected to increase in 2020 to 16.2 million tonnes, 9.68%, and the peanut production is expected to increase to 18.7 million tons two years ago of 16.5 million tons.
China had trouble to keep the canola seed production at the level as usual in recent years and was becoming more and more dependent on imports. Last local plant protection Office has called for but stricter quality conditions from suppliers from Canada. The date for the introduction of the new rules was postponed last week but for political reasons.
