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China's soybean imports hit 81.7m tons

China imported 81.7 million metric tons of soybean products in 2015, 87.8 percent of its total demand, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday. Many of the imported soybean products are genetically modified as such products accounted for 82 percent of total soybean planting areas in the world in 2014, Liao Xiyuan, head of the ministry's department of science, technology and education, said at a news conference. China became the world's largest net importer of soybean in 1996 with a total import of 1.11 million tons. In the coming years, China will plant more non-GMO soybean and improve yields to fill the gap between supply and demand, Liao added.