China: Pork production and imports to see growth in 2023

Chinese imports of pork and offal between January and March were higher year-on-year.

In the first three months of 2023, China's pork production totaled 15.9 million tons.

Little change in overall feed production is expected for 2023/24 but corn utilization in feed rations should rise.

Media reported a possible surge of ASF in the northern part of the country.

Modest growth in the animal protein sector is expected to raise China’s soybean imports for marketing year 23/24.

It should be noted that this news indicates progress in the admissibility process for the export of beef and pork to China; exports have not yet been authorized.

This year's first stockpiling work for state pork reserves is underway.

Last year, Chinese pork imports decreased by 53%.

Here's how commodity production evolved in China in 2022.

China produced 55.41 million tons of pork in 2022.