How Much American Ag Has China Purchased?

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is expressing concerns about the complex, unpredictable relationship between the U.S. and China. The Head of the USDA says American producers need to do all they can to diversify our Ag markets.

"and not be overly dependent on any one customer."

And indeed USDA Bart Kenner says China's purchases of farm products do make up a pretty big percentage of total U.S. export sales. He said or the first 11 months of fiscal year 2021.
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"Total agricultural exports to China were $31.8 billion. That's 125% increase from the $14.1 billion this time last year."

Over the past 11 months, China has been buying more soybeans, sorghum, beef, cotton, and corn and again total purchased of Ag products by China $31.8 billion dollars and that is about 20% of all US Ag export sales in fiscal 2021.

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