As of March 20, cumulative corn purchases in major producing areas reached 120 million tons

According to statistics, as of March 20, various grain enterprises in 14 major mid-to-late indica rice producing areas including Hubei and Anhui had cumulatively purchased 28.21 million tons of newly produced mid-to-late indica rice, a decrease of 1.52 million tons from the same period last year; various grain enterprises in 7 major japonica rice producing areas including Heilongjiang and Jilin had cumulatively purchased 39.71 million tons of newly produced japonica rice, an increase of 6.89 million tons from the same period last year; various grain enterprises in 5 major soybean producing areas including Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang had cumulatively purchased 1.91 million tons of newly produced soybeans, a decrease of 3.35 million tons from the same period last year; various grain enterprises in 11 major corn producing areas including Hebei and Heilongjiang had cumulatively purchased 119.88 million tons of newly produced corn, an increase of 13.63 million tons from the same period last year.