As of February 5, 97.53 million tons of corn were purchased in the main producing areas.

According to statistics, as of February 5, all kinds of grain enterprises in 14 major middle and late indica rice producing areas, including Hubei and Anhui, had purchased 28.21 million tons of new medium and late indica rice, a decrease of 1.52 million tons over the same period last year. Heilongjiang, Jilin and other seven major japonica rice producing areas of various types of grain enterprises purchased a total of 38.52 million tons of new japonica rice, an increase of 8.39 million tons over the same period last year. Grain enterprises in five major soybean producing areas, including Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, purchased a total of 1.65 million tons of new soybean, a decrease of 2.25 million tons over the same period last year, while grain enterprises in 11 major corn producing areas, including Hebei and Heilongjiang, purchased a total of 97.53 million tons of new corn, an increase of 16.89 million tons over the same period last year.