date:Dec 12, 2013
g dependence on the world market for soybean and oil consumption.
Each Chinese resident consumed an average of 18.5 kg of edible oil in 2012, compared with 11 kg in 2001. Pushed by the fast pace of urbanization, the China National Grain and Oils Information Center forecast that this figure is expected to rise to 23 kg between 2017 and 2022.
Zhang Xiaoping, director for China at the US Soybean Export Council, said it is difficult to increase China's soybean output within a short period becaus