BEIJING - China will add 12.3 million tons of soy crushing capacity in 2011 to lift the country's total soy processing capacity to around 100 million tons, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the China National Grain and Oils Information Centre.

The centre also estimated China will process 55 million tons of soybeans this year, which would represent an operation ratio of about 55 percent, down from last year's 64.9 percent and 61.9 percent in 2009.