China’s pork imports rise to highest since 2016
- Year-on-year surge as world’s largest pork consumer stocks up
- Country’s agriculture ministry confirmed latest case of African swine fever on Friday
China’s pork imports surged nearly 63 per cent in May from the same month last year, customs data showed on Sunday, as the world’s top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies ahead of an anticipated shortage.
May imports came in at 187,459 tonnes, the largest volume since 192,348 tonnes in August 2016, according to the data.
Just on Friday, China’s agriculture ministry confirmed a new case of African swine fever in the country’s northwestern province of Qinghai, according to Xinhua.
The outbreak occurred in a village in Shihuiyao county, Pingan district, in the city of Haidong, with the viral disease infecting 32 pigs and killing 17, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said, citing a China Animal Disease Control Centre report.
Transport of all pigs and related products out of or into the blockade region is forbidden, the ministry said.