2.2 Domestic Soybean Output May Increase to 14 Million Tons in 2017/2018

By CnAgri2017-09-11 11:39:53 Print Currently the soybeans were podding in Northeast and the producing regions saw certain precipitation, soil moisture was suitable, favorable for soybean production.
 
Due to the policy of reducing corn acreage and encouraging soybean planting, as well as the level of awareness about non-GMO soybeans has improved, soybean acreage have witnessed an obvious recovery increase this year. According to national statistics and research estimates, soybean acreage in 2017 continued to increase by 40 hectares, the total acreage was around 7.6 million hectares. If the national average yield can reach 1,850 kg/ha, the total output is expected to reach 14 million tons.
 
Table, China’s Soybean Planting Acreage Forecast
Unit: 000HA, %

	2016	2017	2016	2017	YOY(±%)
	Acreage	Acreage	Production	Production	Production
Total	7,229	7,592	12,940	14,046	8.5
Northeast	3,765	4,135	6,754	7,725	14.4
Inner Mongolia	621	704	1,127	1,331	18.1
Liaoning	170	172	336	471	40.1
Jilin	190	256	370	473	27.7
Heilongjiang	2,784	3,003	4,920	5,450	10.8
North	859	934	1,395	1,514	8.6
Hebei	129	138	233	241	3.4
Shanxi	180	183	210	260	23.9
Shandong	142	149	363	359	-1.1
Henan	408	465	589	654	11.1
East	1,247	1,266	2,173	2,201	1.3
Jiangsu	210	215	451	471	4.4
Zhejiang	82	70	212	192	-9.4
Anhui	837	869	1,274	1,297	1.8
Jiangxi	118	112	236	241	2.4
Middle	180	173	452	466	3.2
Hubei	89	84	240	248	3.5
Hunan	90	90	212	218	2.9
West	340	377	700	773	10.4
Sichuan	216	211	527	568	7.9
Shaanxi	123	165	173	204	17.9
Other provinces	839	708	1,467	1,367	-6.8

Source: BOABC, Date of Forecast: September 2017.