SOYBEANS AND SOYBEAN MEAL Main Cultivation and Trade Flows
Canada6.0 Russia
2.6Ukraine
3.9
107.7 China11.7
Argentina54
Paraguay9.0
Brazil86.1
India8.8
Legend / map keyReference year: 2014Country / Production volume
Export volume to EU Export volume to China0.0 = < 0.05- = none
U.S.A.
EU
Brazil
Paraguay
Argentina
Canada
beans | meal
Danube (Donau) soya region
IN 1,000 (THOUSAND)TONNES
IN 1,000,000 TONNES
120 210
8120
2110
08503
80
2
65
0
EU1.7
CULTIVATION IN THE DANUBE SOYA REGION
GM SOYBEAN ADOPTION RATESIN % GMO OF ALL SOYBEANS PLANTED
GLOBAL IMPORTS OF SOYBEANIN 1,000,000 TONNES
1995 2000 2005 2010 201448.8%
Rest of the worldChinaEU
GLOBAL SOYBEAN CULTIVATIONIN 1,000,000 TONNES
EU
EU
EU
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
ChinaEU
M
31.3 | 0.0
4.0 | 1.2
32.6 | 0.1
6.1 | 8.8
1.4 | 1.0
0.1 | 9.3
6.0 | -
0.6 | -1.3 | 0.0
beans | meal
11
2020
U.S.A.
1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 2020
127 164 217 263 306 344
EU SOYBEAN MEAL DEMAND
EU Import SoybeansEU Cultivation Soybeans
4.3%
33%
1,442
385
Argentina U.S.A. Brazil
62.7%
EU Import Soybean Meal
100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%
2000 2005 2010 2014
220
14
Danube3.4
TOTAL: 31,800,000 TONNES
32.646.7
65
94.1114.2
142
22.3%31.7% 23.1% 14.3% 12.0% 10.3%
40.9%58.2% 61.7% 65.5%
1.4% (47,500 tonnes) of the total soybean cultivation in the Danube region (3.4 million tonnes soya) has been certified according to the Danube soya guidelines.
SOURCES: Oil World | USDA | LEI | NASS | Celeres | Argenbio | Danube soya | CVB
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SOYBEANS ANDSOYBEAN MEAL
THE EU IS FOR
MORE THAN 95% DEPENDENT ON
IMPORTS TO FULFIL ITS SOYBEAN DEMAND.
MORE THAN 90% OF CULTIVATED
SOYBEANS IN THE U.S.A., ARGENTINA
AND BRAZIL IS GENETICALLY
MODIFIED (GM).
Facts and Figures on Main Cultivation and Trade Flows
SOURCES: Oil World | USDA | LEI | NASS | Celeres | Argenbio | Danube soya | CVB
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2 Soybean meal is a vital protein rich feed material for the EU’s livestock sector.
4 Soya is a far more efficient protein source than other feed materials.
5 The EU is for more than 95% dependent on imports to fulfil its soybean demand.
9 The EU market authorisation process for GMOs is much slower than in the U.S.A. and Canada. Furthermore, the EU applies a zero tolerance policy towards non-approved GM soybean events.
10 China’s share in global soybean imports increased from 0% to more than 60% in the period 1995-2014 while the EU’s share decreased from 49% to 12% in the same period.
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7 U.S.A., Brazil and Argentina represent more than 80% of total global exports of soybeans and soybean meal.
3 Annually the EU processes more than 13 million tonnes of soybeans (import value 5.2 billion Euro).The main EU processors of soybean are Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
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6 The EU would need a soybean acreage of 13.5 million hectares to be self-sufficient. The EU’s present acreage is 0.6 million hectare.s.
8 More than 90% of cultivated soybeans in the U.S.A., Argentina and Brazil is genetically modified (GM).
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