CIMT Data for April Shows How Important China Has Been

On Jun 12, 2026

Leading off the cereals, non-durum wheat exports for marketing year 2025-26 to the end of April also showed the top destination being China. Exports to China hit 1.974 mmt by the end of April while the second largest recipient was Indonesia (1.774 mmt) with Japan being the third (at 1.534 mmt).

Durum wheat was something that China continues to show little interest in. But Algeria certainly makes up for it, jumping from third place up to a commanding lead as the top destination, taking 1.193 mmt as of the end of April. Italy was demoted to second place (taking 825,000 mt) with Morocco now third (at 777,000 mt).

For barley exports, China was again the top destination, taking a whopping 1.739 mmt by the end of April, with Japan second (at 666,000 mt) and Saudi Arabia a distant third (at 151,000 mt). It’s worth noting that during the same period last year, China had only been shipped 1.204 mmt, something that certainly could impact the western Canadian feed market eventually. It is also consistent with AAFC’s expectation that barley exports for 2025-26 will be 1.058 mmt above that of the previous year.

Oat exporters continue to rely on the United States to take the bulk of the shipments (at 942,000 mt to April 30) with Mexico remaining a distant second (at 84,000 mt) and South Africa taking over third (at 31,700 mt).

And, last but not least, corn exports continue to go primarily to Ireland as the top destination (taking 404,000 mt) and the United States in second place (at 226,000 mt) with Portugal rounding out the top three (at 50,000 mt).

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