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According to AHDB Pork, 2015 was an exceptional year for pork imports to China, exacerbated by the significant rationalisation of the Chinese herd in the first half of the year.
Chinese pork imports rose 38% in 2015, compared with 2014, totalling 778,000 tonnes. Exports from EU Member States increased substantially over the year, up by 57% compared to 2014, with 580,000 tonnes of pig meat exported, almost three-quarters of the total. This was largely driven by Germany, which almost doubled its level of exports year on year.
Imports from non-EU countries stayed largely stable. The United States, historically the main exporter of pork to China, saw a reduction in volume of exports by 13% in 2015 compared with the previous year. US supplies were affected by labour disputes in some West Coast ports in the early part of the year.
Friday January 29, 2016/ AHDB Pork/ United Kingdom.
http://pork.ahdb.org.uk/
