Crop Farming in China

Crop farming has enjoyed a quite good start at the beginning of 2016. In this year, the Chinese government decided to cut 666.67 ha of land used for corn cultivation as the key task of crop farming adjustment. It is predicted that the arable land of soybean would increase 400,000 ha this year and that of wheat and rice would remain stable, according to China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
 
In 2015, the output of grain crops in China has kept increasing for 12 consecutive years, which has eased the tense demand. However, the structural contradictions in China's agriculture begin to occur, especially in crop farming. The supply and demand of wheat and rice remain balanced. However, corn is in oversupply, while soybean is in over demand, with over 80 million tonnes exported in China in 2015.

In Nov. 2015, MOA issued the Guidance on the Corn Structural Adjustment in Liandaowan Region. The Guidance pointed out that China will strive to reduce the corn planting area in Liandaowan region by more than 3.33 million ha (50 million mu) and keep it at 6.67 million ha (100 million mu) by 2020.

There seems to be a challenging year for crop farming in China. For your better understanding and judgment about crop farming in China, CCM's report Crop Farming in China provides you the comprehensive supply and demand situation of the whole China’s crop farming in the past five years (2011-2015), including seven major crops of corn, rice, wheat, soybean, cotton, potato and rapeseed. The information of import & export, price and consumption of them could also be found in this report.

Executive summary
Methodology
1 Crop farming overview in China
1.1 Classification of crops in China
1.2 Characteristics of crop farming in China
1.3 Guide of policies on crop planting in China
2 Supply and demand of crops in China
2.1 Supply of crops in China, 2011-2015
2.2 Demand for crops in China, 2011-2015
2.3 Supply and demand of major types of crops in China, 2011-2015
2.3.1 Cereal crops
2.3.1.1 Supply
2.3.1.2 Import and export
2.3.1.3 Consumption
2.3.2 Vegetables
2.3.2.1 Supply
2.3.2.2 Import and export
2.3.2.3 Consumption
2.3.3 Other crops
2.3.3.1 Oil-bearing crops
2.3.3.2 Beans
2.3.3.3 Tuber crops
2.3.3.4 Sugar crops
3 Introduction of seven main crops in China
3.1 Corn
3.1.1 Supply
3.1.2 Import and export
3.1.3 Price
3.1.4 Consumption
3.2 Rice
3.2.1 Supply
3.2.2 Import and export
3.2.3 Price
3.2.4 Consumption
3.3 Wheat
3.3.1 Supply
3.3.2 Import and export
3.3.3 Price
3.3.4 Consumption
3.4 Soybean
3.4.1 Supply
3.4.2 Import and export
3.4.3 Price
3.4.4 Consumption
3.5 Cotton
3.5.1 Supply
3.5.2 Import and export
3.5.3 Price
3.5.4 Consumption
3.6 Potato
3.6.1 Supply
3.6.2 Import and export
3.6.3 Price
3.6.4 Consumption
3.7 Rapeseed
3.7.1 Supply
3.7.2 Import and export
3.7.3 Price
3.7.4 Consumption
4 Forecast on crop farming in China
4.1 Forecast on supply and demand of crops in China
4.2 Forecast on seven main crops in China
4.2.1 Corn
4.2.2 Rice
4.2.3 Wheat
4.2.4 Soybean
4.2.5 Cotton
4.2.6 Potato
4.2.7 Rapeseed
5 Investment analysis on crop farming in China
5.1 Risk
5.2 Opportunity

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.3-1 List of No.1 documents issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, 2004-2015
Table 1.3-2 Key points of No. 1 documents about crop farming in China, 2011-2015
Table 3.1.3-1 Purchasing price of China's national temporary storage of corn by region, 2011-2015
Table 3.2.3-1 Minimum purchasing price of rice in China, 2011-2015
Table 3.3.3-1 Minimum purchasing price of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Table 3.4.3-1 Purchasing price of China's national temporary storage of soybean, 2011-2015
Table 3.5.3-1 Purchasing price of China's national temporary storage of cotton and its target price, 2011-2015
Table 3.7.3-1 Purchasing price of China's national temporary storage of rapeseed, 2011-2015
 
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1-1 Planting area of crops in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.1-2 Planting structure of crops by planting area in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.1-3 Planting distribution of crops by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.1-4 Output of seven main crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.1-5 China's import of seven main crops, 2011-2015
Figure 2.2-1 Export volume of seven main crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.2-2 Apparent consumption of seven main crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.1-1 Planting area of cereal crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.1-2 Planting distribution of cereal crops by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.1.1-3 Output of cereal crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.2-1 China’s import volume of cereal crops, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.2-2 China’s export volume of cereal crops, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.2-3 China’s net import volume of cereal crops, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.1.3-1 Apparent consumption of cereal crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.2.1-1 Planting area of vegetables in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.3.2.1-2 Planting distribution of vegetables by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.2.1-3 Output of vegetables in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.3.2.2-1 China’s import volume of vegetables, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.2.2-2 China’s export volume of vegetables, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.2.2-3 China’s net export value of vegetables, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.2.2-4 Import structure of vegetables in China by volume, 2014
Figure 2.3.2.2-5 Export structure of vegetables in China by volume, 2014
Figure 2.3.2.3-1 Apparent consumption of vegetables in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.3.1-1 Planting area of oil-bearing crops in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.3.3.1-2 Planting distribution of oil-bearing crops by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.3.1-3 Output of oil-bearing crops in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.3.3.2-1 Planting area of beans in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.3.2-2 Planting distribution of beans by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.3.2-3 Output of beans in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.3.3-1 Planting area of tuber crops in China, 2011-2015
Figure 2.3.3.3-2 Planting distribution of tuber crops by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.3.4-1 Planting area of sugar crops in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 2.3.3.4-2 Planting distribution of sugar crops by area in China, 2014
Figure 2.3.3.4-3 Output of sugar crops in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 3.1.1-1 Planting area of corn in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.1-2 Planting distribution of corn by area in China, 2014
Figure 3.1.1-3 Output of corn in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.2-1 China’s import volume of corn, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.2-2 China’s import origins of corn by volume, 2015
Figure 3.1.2-3 China's import regions of corn by volume, 2015
Figure 3.1.2-4 China's export volume of corn, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.2-5 China's export destinations of corn by volume, 2015
Figure 3.1.2-6 China's export regions of corn by volume, 2015
Figure 3.1.3-1 Annual market price of corn in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.3-2 Monthly market price of corn in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.4-1 Apparent consumption of corn in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.1.4-2 Actual consumption of corn in China by application, 2015
Figure 3.2.1-1 Planting area of rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.1-2 Planting distribution of rice by area in China, 2014
Figure 3.2.1-3 Output of rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.2-1 China's import volume of rice, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.2-2 China's import origins of rice by volume, 2015
Figure 3.2.2-3 China's export volume of rice, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.3-1 Annual market price of rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.3-2 Annual market price of early indica rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.3-3 Monthly market price of early indica rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.4-1 Apparent consumption of rice in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.2.4-2 Actual consumption of rice in China by application, 2015
Figure 3.3.1-1 Planting area of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.1-2 Planting distribution of wheat by area in China, 2014
Figure 3.3.1-3 Output of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.2-1 China's import volume of wheat, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.2-2 China's import origins of wheat by volume, 2015
Figure 3.3.2-3 China's import regions of wheat by volume, 2015
Figure 3.3.2-4 China's export volume of wheat, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.2-5 China's export destinations of wheat by volume, 2015
Figure 3.3.3-1 Annual market price of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.3-2 Monthly market price of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.4-1 Apparent consumption of wheat in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.3.4-2 Actual consumption of wheat in China by application, 2015
Figure 3.4.1-1 Planting area of soybean in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.1-2 Output of soybean in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.2-1 China's import volume of soybean, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.2-2 China's import origins of soybean by volume, 2015
Figure 3.4.2-3 China's import regions of soybean by volume, 2015
Figure 3.4.2-4 China's export volume of soybean, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.2-5 China's export destinations of soybean by volume, 2015
Figure 3.4.2-6 China's export regions of soybean by volume, 2015
Figure 3.4.3-1 Annual market price of soybean in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.3-2 Monthly market price of soybean in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.4-1 Apparent consumption of soybean in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.4.4-2 Actual consumption of soybean in China by application, 2015
Figure 3.5.1-1 Planting area of cotton in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.5.1-2 Planting distribution of cotton by area in China, 2014
Figure 3.5.1-3 Output of cotton in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.5.2-1 China's import volume of cotton, 2011-2015
Figure 3.5.2-2 China's import origins of cotton by volume, 2015
Figure 3.5.2-3 China's import regions of cotton by volume, 2015
Figure 3.5.2-4 China's export volume of cotton, 2011-2015
Figure 3.5.2-5 China's export destinations of cotton by volume, 2015
Figure 3.5.2-6 China's export regions of cotton by volume, 2015
Figure 3.5.3-1 Monthly market price of cotton in China, 2013-2015
Figure 3.5.4-1 Apparent consumption of cotton in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.6.1-1 Planting area of potato in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.6.1-2 Output of potato in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.6.2-1 China's import volume of potato, 2013-2015
Figure 3.6.2-2 China's import origins of frozen potato by volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.2-3 China's import regions of frozen potato by volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.2-4 China's export volume of potato, 2013-2015
Figure 3.6.2-5 China's export destinations of frozen potato by volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.2-6 China's export destinations of fresh or refrigerated potato by volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.2-7 Major export regions of frozen potato in China by export volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.2-8 Major export regions of fresh or refrigerated potato in China by export volume, 2015
Figure 3.6.3-1 Monthly market price of potato in China, 2013-2015
Figure 3.6.4-1 Apparent consumption of potato in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.6.4-2 Apparent consumption of potato in China by application, 2015
Figure 3.7.1-1 Planting area of rapeseed in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 3.7.1-2 Planting distribution of rapeseed by area in China, 2014
Figure 3.7.1-3 Output of rapeseed in China, 2011-2015e
Figure 3.7.2-1 China's import volume of rapeseed, 2011-2015
Figure 3.7.2-2 China's import origins of rapeseed by volume, 2015
Figure 3.7.2-3 China's import regions of rapeseed by volume, 2015
Figure 3.7.3-1 Annual market price of rapeseed in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.7.3-2 Monthly market price of rapeseed in China, 2011-2015
Figure 3.7.4-1 Apparent consumption of rapeseed in China, 2011-2015e