China Soya beans (HS 120190) Imports by Country

Monthly USD Source: GACC Data as of: August 2026 Coverage 2018-01–2026-08

Total imports$418.3B
Latest value$597.8M
Partners11
Coverage2018-01 to 2026-08

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Monthly Import Trend

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Unit
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Rows
832
Data as of
August 2026

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Partner Value Share
Brazil $282.4B 67.5%
United States $99B 23.7%
Argentina $20.8B 5.0%
Uruguay $6.4B 1.5%
Canada $5.6B 1.3%

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Partner Value Share
Argentina $419.4M 70.2%
United States $97.2M 16.3%
Russia $66M 11.0%
Canada $11.2M 1.9%
Ukraine $3.4M 0.6%

Annual Totals

Year Import value
2018 $38.1B
2019 $35.3B
2020 $39.5B
2021 $53.1B
2022 $60B
2023 $59.2B
2024 $52.7B
2025 $50.3B
2026 $29.9B

HS8 customs codes under 120190

China customs reports HS 120190 at the 8-digit level. 5 subheadings are published under it, and import values for each are available on request.

12019011Other soya beans, non-genetically modified

Non-genetically modified soya beans traded for commercial processing into oil, feed, or food rather than for agricultural sowing.

12019019Other soya beans, genetically modified

Genetically modified soya beans destined for industrial crushing, animal feed manufacturing, or human food supply instead of planting.

12019020Black soya beans, not for cultivation

Black-seeded soya beans harvested for commercial utilization in food products or processing, explicitly excluding any use as cultivation seed.

12019030Green soya beans, not for cultivation

Green soya beans supplied for culinary or industrial processing applications, distinguished by their color and barred from planting purposes.

12019090Other soya beans, not for cultivation

Soya beans of unspecified color or genetic profile shipped for commercial processing or consumption, strictly omitting any seed for cultivation.

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Data notes

HS 120190 is also written 1201.90. Values are in USD; the public series does not report tonnes or kg. Product scope: Soya beans not intended for sowing, typically traded for commercial processing purposes like vegetable oil extraction, animal feed production, or direct human food consumption. The public page shows monthly import partner previews from official GACC customs statistics. Full partner-month rows are available through a scoped custom data request.

Source

Source: China General Administration of Customs (GACC), cleaned and structured by China Data Portal.
Transformations: Values are presented as published by the source.

Citation

China Data Portal. "China Soya beans (HS 120190) Import Data." https://chinadata.live/china-trade/hs/120190/

Data notes

HS 120190 is also written 1201.90. Values are in USD; the public series does not report tonnes or kg. Product scope: Soya beans not intended for sowing, typically traded for commercial processing purposes like vegetable oil extraction, animal feed production, or direct human food consumption. The public page shows monthly import partner previews from official GACC customs statistics. Full partner-month rows are available through a scoped custom data request.

Source

Source: China General Administration of Customs (GACC), cleaned and structured by China Data Portal.
Transformations: Values are presented as published by the source.

Citation

China Data Portal. "China Soya beans (HS 120190) Import Data." https://chinadata.live/china-trade/hs/120190/

About this data

How much soya beans does China import?

China imported $47.7B of soya beans in the twelve months to August 2026, averaging $4.0B per month, based on official China customs statistics (HS 120190).

What products are covered by HS 120190?

Soya beans not intended for sowing, typically traded for commercial processing purposes like vegetable oil extraction, animal feed production, or direct human food consumption.

Which countries supply the most soya beans to China?

Brazil, United States and Argentina together account for 96% of the published total, out of 11 trading partners on record.

Is China's soya beans import growing?

Annual imports grew by 32% between 2018 and 2025, from $38.1B to $50.3B.

Where does this China customs data come from, and can I get the full dataset?

Figures come from official China General Administration of Customs (GACC) statistics, published monthly. ChinaData cleans partner names, periods and values so the series is ready for analysis. Partner-level rows for every month, including HS8 detail, are available on request.

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