For nearly twenty years, the American Soybean Association has been building demand for U.S. soybeans in China. Millions of checkoff dollars from U.S. farmers, and millions of dollars in public funding from U.S. taxpayers, have gone into the development of this market. That investment is paying off handsomely as China is now the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans. View this introduction for an overview of the importance of PNTR for China and to preview the contents of the other seven videos available below. Beijing Visit ASA's international marketing office, the minister-counselor for agricultural Affairs at the U.S. embassy, and met the new ASA China assistant director at the Forbidden City.
Aquaculture See how aquaculture has increased demand for U.S. soybeans.
Top Beauty Go to the deep-water port of Dalian in northeast China, where you will meet a local soybean buyer and watch as 55,000 tons of U.S. soybeans are delivered. Huanong Join in the celebration of a new crushing plant in northeast China that is buying 500,000 tons U.S. soybeans this year. Chickens Watch as U.S. soybean meal is consumed at China's largest egg layer facility. Guiyang Our final stop will take you to the city of Guiyang in far southwest China. Here you will meet a modern Chinese hog producer, visit with two of ASA's technical directors, and with staff at a local feed mill that is buying U.S. soybeans.