中国在8月份举行玉米出口招标,据说卖出了300～350万t的玉米,船期一直到明年的一、二月份。卖出这么大的数量令市场感到意外,市场人士曾预计能卖出150万t左右的玉米,但结果却是翻了一倍还多,令CBOT玉米期价大幅下挫。 贸易商认为中国的这一动作是为了在明年初入世以前削减巨额的玉米库存,因为一旦入世,中国就不能再向玉米出口提供补贴。贸易商估计中国还有大约4000万t的玉米库存,再加上 China held a corn export tender in August and reportedly sold 300-3,500,000 tons of corn until January or February next year. The sale of such a large quantity surprised the market. Market participants had expected to sell about 1.5 million tons of corn, but the result was more than doubled, causing CBOT corn prices to fall sharply. Traders believe that this move by China is aimed at reducing huge corn stocks before entering the WTO at the beginning of next year, because once it enters the WTO, China can no longer subsidize corn exports. Traders estimate that China still has about 40 million tons of corn stock, plus