Brazil: Pork shipments to China fell 13.5% in 2022

The recovery in the pork production herd has allowed China to be less dependent on foreign products and, as a result, the main importing countries have reduced their volumes for that consumer market. Monthly monitoring of pork shipments to China shows that Brazil has benefited greatly in recent years, with a large increase in volume. In 2018, the average volume for the Chinese market reached just 13 thousand tons/month, rising to just over 44 thousand tons in 2021. However, last year, it reached an average volume of 38 thousand tons/month, meaning an annual decrease of 13.5%. The corollary is ...