Australia has stopped ASF and is increasing pork exports

While in Poland, ASF has been keeping pig farmers awake for several years, in countries free from the virus, the disease epidemic favors production, and thanks to it, prices are often very satisfactory. A European example is Spain, where prices for many weeks exceeded 1.90 EUR / kg, and a slightly more exotic Australia, which increased exports of pork during the year by 25%. And even the contraction in demand related to COVID-19 did not do much harm to Australian exports. In the case of this country, as in the case of other ASF-free countries, the decisive factor driving prices and production is demand from China, which, due to the outbreak of African swine fever, lost about half of the pig population in 2018. In terms of quantity, imports were also increased by some European countries, incl. The Netherlands, Germany and Italy. In addition, Australia has significantly increased its meat exports, incl. to Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and New Zealand. In total, this increased ...