date:May 12, 2014
ricas, combine it with Marubeni's export capabilities to Asia, and sell corn, soybeans and wheat, to China.
The purchase made Tokyo-based Marubeni the biggest soybean exporter to China, shipping 15-16 million metric tons, or about a quarter of the nation's annual imports of 60 million metric tons.
But just as the firm has been expanding in China, it has faced a potentially more difficult trading environment.
Adding to complications, Chinese regulators only approved the Gavilon deal on conditi