SOYBEANS AND SOYBEAN MEAL Main Cultivation and Trade Flows

Canada6.0 Russia

2.6Ukraine

3.9

107.7 China11.7

Argentina54

Paraguay9.0

Brazil86.1

India8.8

Legend / map keyReference year: 2014Country / Production volume

Export volume to EU Export volume to China0.0 = < 0.05- = none

U.S.A.

EU

Brazil

Paraguay

Argentina

Canada

beans | meal

Danube (Donau) soya region

IN 1,000 (THOUSAND)TONNES

IN 1,000,000 TONNES

120 210

8120

2110

08503

80

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EU1.7

CULTIVATION IN THE DANUBE SOYA REGION

GM SOYBEAN ADOPTION RATESIN % GMO OF ALL SOYBEANS PLANTED

GLOBAL IMPORTS OF SOYBEANIN 1,000,000 TONNES

1995 2000 2005 2010 201448.8%

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GLOBAL SOYBEAN CULTIVATIONIN 1,000,000 TONNES

EU

EU

EU

CHINA

CHINA

CHINA

ChinaEU

M

31.3 | 0.0

4.0 | 1.2

32.6 | 0.1

6.1 | 8.8

1.4 | 1.0

0.1 | 9.3

6.0 | -

0.6 | -1.3 | 0.0

beans | meal

11

2020

U.S.A.

1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 2020

127 164 217 263 306 344

EU SOYBEAN MEAL DEMAND

EU Import SoybeansEU Cultivation Soybeans

4.3%

33%

1,442

385

Argentina U.S.A. Brazil

62.7%

EU Import Soybean Meal

100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%

2000 2005 2010 2014

220

14

Danube3.4

TOTAL: 31,800,000 TONNES

32.646.7

65

94.1114.2

142

22.3%31.7% 23.1% 14.3% 12.0% 10.3%

40.9%58.2% 61.7% 65.5%

1.4% (47,500 tonnes) of the total soybean cultivation in the Danube region (3.4 million tonnes soya) has been certified according to the Danube soya guidelines.

SOURCES: Oil World | USDA | LEI | NASS | Celeres | Argenbio | Danube soya | CVB

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SOYBEANS ANDSOYBEAN MEAL

THE EU IS FOR

MORE THAN 95% DEPENDENT ON

IMPORTS TO FULFIL ITS SOYBEAN DEMAND.

MORE THAN 90% OF CULTIVATED

SOYBEANS IN THE U.S.A., ARGENTINA

AND BRAZIL IS GENETICALLY

MODIFIED (GM).

Facts and Figures on Main Cultivation and Trade Flows

SOURCES: Oil World | USDA | LEI | NASS | Celeres | Argenbio | Danube soya | CVB

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2 Soybean meal is a vital protein rich feed material for the EU’s livestock sector.

4 Soya is a far more efficient protein source than other feed materials.

5 The EU is for more than 95% dependent on imports to fulfil its soybean demand.

9 The EU market authorisation process for GMOs is much slower than in the U.S.A. and Canada. Furthermore, the EU applies a zero tolerance policy towards non-approved GM soybean events.

10 China’s share in global soybean imports increased from 0% to more than 60% in the period 1995-2014 while the EU’s share decreased from 49% to 12% in the same period.

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7 U.S.A., Brazil and Argentina represent more than 80% of total global exports of soybeans and soybean meal.

3 Annually the EU processes more than 13 million tonnes of soybeans (import value 5.2 billion Euro).The main EU processors of soybean are Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.

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6 The EU would need a soybean acreage of 13.5 million hectares to be self-sufficient. The EU’s present acreage is 0.6 million hectare.s.

8 More than 90% of cultivated soybeans in the U.S.A., Argentina and Brazil is genetically modified (GM).

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