China's Ag Purchases Detailed 05/18 07:11

   White House: China Agrees to Buy More Beef, Poultry With Commitment to Ag 
Products

   In a fact sheet, the White House said President Trump and Chinese President 
Xi Jinping agreed to create a new board of trade and China will make specific 
purchases of U.S. agricultural products.

By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political 
Correspondent

   OMAHA (DTN) -- The White House on Sunday released details announcing China 
has agreed to buy at least $17 billion in agricultural products beyond the 
country's previous soybean commitments.

   In a fact sheet, the White House said President Trump and Chinese President 
Xi Jinping "agreed that the United States and China should build a constructive 
relationship of strategic stability on the basis of fairness and reciprocity."

   The two countries agreed to establish a new U.S.-China Board of Trade and a 
U.S.-China Board of Investment.

   In a fact sheet, the White House said:

   -- China will purchase at least $17 billion per year of U.S. agricultural 
products in 2026 (prorated), 2027, and 2028, in addition to the soybean 
purchase commitments that it made in October 2025.

   -- China restored market access for U.S. beef by renewing expired listings 
of more than 400 U.S. beef facilities and adding new listings. China will work 
with U.S. regulators to lift all suspensions of U.S. beef facilities.

   -- China resumed imports of poultry from U.S. states determined by USDA to 
be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

   The commitments appear to be less aggressive than in 2020 when President 
Trump signed the Phase 1 Agreement with China that detailed China would buy up 
to $40 billion a year in agricultural products. China never quite achieved that 
goal but did purchase $38 billion in U.S. agricultural goods in 2022. At that 
time, China bought more than $20 billion in agricultural products other than 
soybeans.

   The fact sheet also stated China will address U.S. concerns regarding supply 
chain shortages of rare-earth minerals. China will also address U.S. concerns 
regarding prohibitions or restrictions on the sale of rare earth production and 
processing equipment and technologies.

   China also agreed to buy 200 Boeing aircraft, the first purchases by China 
of American-made aircraft since 2017.

   Beef exports to China reached $1.95 billion in 2022 and were steady at $1.5 
billion in 2024 before crashing to $468 million in 2025. Through March of this 
year, just $11 million in U.S. beef was exported to China, according to USDA 
export reports.

   Overall poultry products exported to China topped $1.1 billion in 2022 but 
declined to $542 million by 2024. Last year, poultry exports to China fell to 
$106 million.

   The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China also said Sunday, 
"The two countries will resolve or make substantive progress toward resolving 
non-tariff barriers and market access issues involving some agricultural 
products."

   The ministry stated the U.S. will loosen export restrictions on Chinese 
dairy and aquaculture products, as well as poultry.

   "The United States will actively work to address long-standing Chinese 
concerns including automatic detention measures targeting Chinese dairy and 
aquatic products, exports of media-grown bonsai to the United States, and 
recognition of avian influenza-free zones in east China's Shandong Province," 
the Chinese commerce ministry said.

   "China, for its part, will actively advance solutions to U.S. concerns 
regarding beef facility registration and poultry exports from certain U.S. 
states to China.

   "Moreover, the two sides agreed to promote two-way trade, including in 
agricultural products, through arrangements such as mutual tariff reductions on 
a range of products," the Chinese commerce ministry said.

   The U.S. Meat Export Federation said Friday, "China's General Administration 
of Customs (GACC) has granted a five-year registration extension to 425 overdue 
U.S. beef establishments in China's Food Import Food Establishment (CIFER) 
system."

   "Additionally, 77 new U.S. beef establishment registrations have been added 
to the CIFER system with an effective date of May 15, 2026, and registrations 
are valid for five years. There are 38 beef establishments which remain 
suspended. Of the suspended facilities, 25 were also expired and are now 
renewed, but remain ineligible for export."

   USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom added, "USMEF greatly appreciates U.S. 
beef access being prioritized at the summit meeting between President Trump and 
President Xi."

   "Renewal of U.S. beef establishment registrations is a critical step forward 
for U.S. beef exports to China," Halstrom said. "We await more details and a 
further readout from USTR's engagements with China and note with appreciation 
Ambassador (U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson) Greer's optimism for U.S. 
agricultural trade with China."

   Chris Clayton can be reached at Chris.Clayton@dtn.com

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   Jerry Hagstrom can be reached at jhagstrom@nationaljournal.com

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