US-China trade tensions are expected to hit US sorghum farmers after Beijing slapped a high tariff on imports of the commodity from America.
The International Grains Council revised down China’s sorghum import projections for the 2018-19 crop year by 13 per cent from earlier estimates to 4.8m tonnes while cutting the US export figure by 15 per cent to 5.2m tonnes.
Earlier this month, Beijing imposed a 178 per cent import duty on US sorghum crops as an anti-dumping measure. “The trade numbers have been cut as shipments heading for China have been diverted elsewhere,” said Amy Reynolds, analyst at IGC.
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