US agriculture and related exports to China totaled $25.9 billion in fiscal 2015, comprising approximately 16 percent of all US agricultural exports, according to USDA. With these numbers and strong growth throughout the past decade, China has now cemented itself as the fastest-growing and highest-value export destination for US farm and food products.
China surpassed Canada to become the top US market in 2011 and had yet to relinquish that position. Though growth has slowed some in recent years, USDA says an increasingly urban population, a growing middle class and higher disposable incomes signal the potential for continued growth.