供給(する) woes: Brazil 削減(する)s into U.S. soybean market 株 in 中国

By Naveen Thukral

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Brazil is 推定する/予想するd to 勝利,勝つ a larger 株 of 中国's soybean 輸入するs in coming months, hitting U.S. 輸出業者s during the 頂点(に達する) marketing season for their most 価値のある farm 製品 as the world grapples with a fifth 連続した bumper 刈る.

中国 is 推定する/予想するd to buy about five million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil for the fourth 4半期/4分の1 of 2017, two 上級の 貿易(する) sources said, 二塁打 the 2.49 million tonnes shipped over the same period last year.

For U.S. soybean 輸出業者s, the October-December period is 決定的な, accounting for an 普通の/平均(する) of 53 パーセント of calendar year 出荷/船積みs for the past five years, によれば U.S. 国勢(人口)調査 Bureau 貿易(する) data.

中国, the 最高の,を越す importer of American 農業の goods, ships in more than 60 パーセント of the oilseed 貿易(する)d 世界的な. Brazil 普通は has little left for 輸出(する)s by around October, but a 記録,記録的な/記録する 2016/17 刈る of 114.1 million tonnes means it still has unsold 在庫/株s.

"As far as prices are 関心d, Brazilian beans are 競争の激しい and they have 在庫/株s to sell," said one Singapore-based 上級の (n)役員/(a)執行力のある with an international 貿易(する)ing company that has soybean 過程ing 施設s in 中国.

"It is a worrisome 状況/情勢 for U.S. 輸出業者s."

Soybeans are the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs' most 価値のある farm 製品, with sales of $22.8 billion in 2016 - 17 パーセント of 全体にわたる 農業の goods 貿易(する) for the year.

BEAN MOUNTAINS

World soybean 生産/産物 stood at an all time-high at 351.254 million tonnes in the 2016/17 刈る year, with 生産(高) hitting 記録,記録的な/記録する highs in three out of the 事前の four years.

生産/産物 is 事業/計画(する)d at the second highest on 記録,記録的な/記録する for 2017/18, with the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs on 跡をつける for a 記録,記録的な/記録する 刈る of 120.582 million tonnes just as the 天候 in Brazil 改善するs に引き続いて 関心s over dryness.

"We 推定する/予想する Brazilian 天候 to remain 刈る-friendly over the next few months," said one 農業 分析家 at an interna tional bank 焦点(を合わせる)d on 商品/必需品s. "Brazil's next year's bean 刈る is 推定する/予想するd to 攻撃する,衝突する the market by February-March. It gives the U.S. hardly any time to 上げる sales."

Brazilian 農業者s have so far 工場/植物d 30 パーセント of the soybean area, 概略で in line with the five-year 普通の/平均(する).

As of last week, U.S. 農業者s had finished 収穫ing 83 パーセント of their 刈る.

(判断の)基準 Chicago soybean prices are 均衡を保った for their first rise in three weeks as the market 回復するs from a two-week low made on Oct. 27.

Brazilian and U.S. soybean prices are 引用するd at 類似の levels, at around $420-$425 a tonne, 含むing cost and freight, for November 出荷/船積み to 中国.

But 仲買人s and 分析家s said Brazilian 質 is usually better ーに関して/ーの点でs of meal and oil 抽出するd after 過程ing, although this year the country's 刈る has a higher 容積/容量 of 損失d beans.

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs is also 苦しむing from 質 問題/発行するs because of 損失 from ハリケーンs and other 逆の 天候.

A protein 不足(高) in this year's U.S. soybean 刈る has 軍隊d 加工業者s like Bunge Ltd to 削減(する) the 量 of the nutrient they can 保証(人) in soymeal, 誘発するing 関心s that animal 料金d costs and meat prices could rise.

"U.S. beans need to come at a 割引, 特に from the U.S. 湾," said one 中国-based 仲買人, who 拒絶する/低下するd to be 指名するd as he was not authorised to talk to マスコミ.

中国's 公式の/役人 data shows the last three months of 2017 will be above 普通の/平均(する) for Brazilian soybean arrivals. Between 2010 and 2016, bean arrivals in 中国 from Brazil over the final three months of the year 普通の/平均(する)d 3.531 million tonnes.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Naveen Thukral, 付加 報告(する)/憶測ing by Dominique Patton; Editing by Gavin Maguire and Richard Pullin)

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