Despite the production increase and the shrinking domestic prices, China remains in a pork deficit and will continue to import large volumes of pork during 2021. Numbers peaked in March with over 1,255 million USD of pork imported, an all-time high,…
China imported 4.39 million tonnes of pork meat and 1.34 million tonnes of offal in 2020, with a value of 12.04 billion USD and 2.82 billion USD respectively, customs data showed earlier this year. This record imports took place as the world’s biggest consumer of pork stocked up after a plunge in its…
According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, by the end of October, the country’s live pig population reached 387 million heads, an increase of over 20% year-on-year, recovering to 88% of the herd size at the…
Since the outbreak that took place in June in a wholesale market in Beijing, Chinese authorities have turned their attention to frozen food imports, especially meat and seafood, in an attempt to eliminate the coronavirus threat from abroad after largely…
The first three quarters of 2020 have seen pork imports of meat and offal soaring, as pork output in China has experienced falls for seven consecutive quarters and expectations for a swift recovery remain low. The latest data show a…
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