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China In-Country Analysis

After a tepid first quarter, demand from  China's feed industry picked up considerably last week and decreased the nation’s estimated soymeal inventories by 160,000 MT to 920,000 MT (-14.81 percent). However, there are two key questions. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Fall Below 1 MMT on Rising Demand After a tepid first quarter, demand from the feed industry picked up considerably last week and decreased the nation’s estimated soymeal inventories by 160,000 MT to 920,000 MT (-14.81 percent). That total was 70,000 MT higher than the same week in 2015. There were declines across all of the surveyed regions. In northeast and north China, soymeal inventories dropped to 107,000 MT (-17.94 percent) and 85,500 MT (-20.66 percent), respectiv...

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