China set to import lots of pork
Our most read story last month was ASF related.
In a report on the implications of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China, Rabobank forecast a further drop in local swine production in 2020 in China, which it predicted would reduce overall pork production, suggesting imports will increase in 2020, above record levels.
ASF, as well are all acutely aware at this stage, spread to a number of countries in 2019. After hitting China and Vietnam – the two major pork countries in Asia – and Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia, it made its way to the Philippines, South Korea, and Indonesia in 2H 2019. The impact in many countries, though still significant, is not as big as in China and Vietnam, due to lower hog population density and preparedness for the disease, noted the Rabobank team.
