U.S. Soybean Exports to China 1995 to 2000
(millions of bushels)

In marketing year 95/96, China purchased a little more than 15 million bushels of U.S. soybeans. In 96/97, U.S. soybean exports to China jumped to 59 million bushels, then climbed to 70 million bushels in 97/98, and to 80 million bushels in 98/99. Last year, China became the largest single-country purchaser of U.S. soybeans at 191 million bushels, which represented almost 20 percent of total U.S. soybean exports in marketing year 99/00.