reply What agricultural products do China import from Russia and Ukraine?

On February 24, 2022, a military conflict broke out between Russia and Ukraine, which drew great attention from the international community. Russia and Ukraine are not only important producers and exporters of agricultural products in the world, but also important import sources of Agricultural products for China. So, what agricultural products does China import from Russia and Ukraine?First, Russia and Ukraine are the "granaries" of the world, with significant export capacity of grain, oil and fertilizerRussia and Ukraine play an important role in world grain and oil production, trade and circulation, as well as the supply of agricultural materials such as fertilizer. According to the UN Comtrade database, in 2020 both countries accounted for nearly 30 percent of the world's wheat and barley exports, while corn exports accounted for about one-sixth of the global total. Russia ranks first in wheat export, third in barley export and ninth in corn export, mainly to Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries. Ukraine is the world's second largest exporter of barley, the fourth largest exporter of corn and the fifth largest exporter of wheat, mainly to China, Egypt and Indonesia.Russian and Ukrainian exports of sunflower seeds and sunflower seed oil account for 20% and two-thirds of the world's total exports respectively. Rapeseed and rapeseed oil accounted for one eighth and one tenth of the world's total exports respectively. In addition, Russia is the world's largest exporter of nitrogen fertilizer, the second largest exporter of potash and the third largest exporter of phosphate, accounting for 20 percent of global fertilizer exports.2. Ukraine is China's main import source of grain, grease and oil meal, and its import from Ukraine is growing rapidlyFrom 2017 to 2021, China's import of agricultural products from Ukraine grew rapidly, from $1.13 billion to $5.24 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 46.7%. Ukraine is now China's 10th largest source of agricultural imports, with China mainly importing corn, barley and sunflower oil meal from Ukraine.From 2017 to 2021, China's grain imports from Ukraine increased from 2.67 million tons to 11.45 million tons, accounting for 17.5 percent of the total grain imports from 10.4 percent and 28.9 percent in 2019. Among them, corn increased from 1.82 million tons to 8.23 million tons. Ukraine has long been a major source of China's corn imports, accounting for 86.3% of China's total corn imports in 2019. Barley increased from 790,000 tons to 3.21 million tons, with its share rising from 8.9% to 25.8%.Sunflower seed oil and sunflower seed meal are the main products imported from Black seed in China. From 2017 to 2021, imports of sunflower seed oil increased from 580,000 tons to 890,000 tons, accounting for about 70 percent of total imports. China started importing 380,000 tons of sunflower seed meal in 2018 and increased to 2.01 million tons in 2021, with its share dropping from 97.5% to 88.3%.3. Russia is China's main source of aquatic products, fats and fertilizers, and its imports from Russia will be further expanded in the futureFrom 2017 to 2021, China's import of agricultural products from Russia continued to grow, from $2.13 billion to $4.29 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 19.1%. Russia is now China's 12th largest source of imports, and China mainly imports fish and crab, sunflower seed oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil and potash fertilizer from Russia.In 2021, China imported 2.02 billion US dollars of aquatic products from Russia, up 3.2% year on year, accounting for 10% of the total import of aquatic products. Among them, fish imports reached $1.06 billion and crab imports reached $670 million, accounting for 20 percent and nearly 50 percent of the total. Imports of sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil were 360,000 tons, 340,000 tons and 160,000 tons respectively, accounting for 30%, 1/6 and 1/7 of the total imports of sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil, respectively. In addition, China is a big consumer of potash fertilizer and highly dependent on foreign countries. In 2021, China imported 2.3 million tons of potash fertilizer from Russia, accounting for about 30 percent of its total imports.At present, China imports only 300,000 tons of grain from Russia in 2021, accounting for less than 1% of the total grain imports, and wheat, corn and barley imports are all around 100,000 tons. On February 24, China's General Administration of Customs announced that according to the supplementary provisions of the Protocol on Plant quarantine requirements of Russian Wheat exported to China, wheat imports from Russia will be allowed to expand further in the future.