How much wheat does China produce?

China's wheat production

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Share of world output over time

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 8.3%, 1970s 11%, 1980s 16%, 1990s 19%, 2000s 16%, 2010s 18%, 2020s 17%. See the concentration-over-time report.

China as a buyer of wheat

China imported $2.9 billion of wheat grain (HS 1001) in 2024, 5% of world imports, ranked #3. Of its $2.9 billion of wheat imports in 2024, 33% came from Australia and 24% from the United States, among 12 suppliers. Largest sources: Australia (33%), United States (23%), Canada (20%), France (17%), Kazakhstan (4%).

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

How much wheat China uses

China's domestic supply of wheat was 158 million tonnes in 2023, 19% of the world's. Food supply was 75 kg per person a year, 74th highest of 143 countries with a million or more people. It produced 89% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 12%. FAO's item is "Wheat and products". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The wheat price China sells into

The benchmark price, US hard red winter, Gulf export, was $347/t in September 2026, up 48% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 21% a year, calmer in 70% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Wheat price history.