Wilmar Sees China Importing Fewer Soybeans on Bird Flu

... phone today. Consumption of soybeans in China, which buys 64 percent of global imports, retreated in the 2003-2004 marketing year as an outbreak of avian influenza cut demand, USDA data show. The department forecast record purchases of 61 million ...

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