China’s demand for pork continues to fall

Published 2024년 2월 12일

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In 2023, China's pork and pork by-product imports decreased by 5.2% to 2.64 million tons, with the majority sourced from the EU, particularly Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark. However, the EU's contribution to China's total pork imports dropped from 55.7% in 2022 to 49.4% in 2023. Meanwhile, the US and Canada saw an increase in their exports to China by 8.7% and 44.2% respectively, while Brazil's exports declined by 3.7%. Notably, Russia has re-entered the Chinese pork market following years of negotiations and an ASF-related ban.

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Original content

According to the latest government data, China imported a total of 2.64 million tons of pork and pork by-products in 2023. Compared to 2022, that was a decrease of 5.2%. Import volumes of 4 to 5 million tons from 2020 and 2021 are now a long way off due to the reconstruction of Chinese pig stocks after the ASF crisis there. Of the quantities imported in 2023, 1.54 million t came from the fresh and frozen pork categories and 1.1 million t from the slaughter by-products category. Imports of meat and by-products therefore developed very differently. This meant a decrease of 11.6% for fresh and frozen pork compared to the previous year, while there was an increase of 5.6% for slaughter by-products. The largest delivery volumes for China continued to come from the EU in 2023. Overall, around half of imports of pork and by-products came from EU countries. The most important supplying countries were Spain with almost 602,000 t, the Netherlands with around 241,000 t and Denmark with ...

Source: EuroMeat