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Swine fever scare: Meat processors shun local pork @ 2019-10-30T08: 返回 熱門新聞
關鍵詞:pork products from China
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KUCHING (BERNAMA): SARAWAK HAS BANNED ALL PORK AND PORK PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES HIT BY AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) INCLUDING CHINA, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
AMID SWINE FEVER ALERT, 2 CONTAINERS OF PORK PRODUCTS FROM CHINA SEIZED AT MANILA PORT
THE PHILIPPINES HAS BANNED THE IMPORTS OF PORK AND OTHER PORK PRODUCTS FROM CHINA AS ITS HOG INDUSTRY WAS HIT WITH ASF.
A PRESSING REASON CHINA MAY BE A PRIME MARKET FOR THE ALTERNATIVE MEAT PRODUCTS WOULD ALSO SEEM TO LIE IN THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK THAT, SINCE LAST YEAR, HAS DECIMATED THE NATION』S PORK STOCKS. PHOTO: AFP
THE 1ST SHIPMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THE MINISTRY SAID, ADDING THAT 「VARIOUS PRODUCTS OF THE KAZAKH-ORIGIN ARE IN HIGH DEMAND IN CHINA THANKS TO THEIR HIGH-QUALITY AS WELL AS FOR BEING NATURAL.」 IN ADDITION TO PORK KAZAKHSTAN WAS ALLOWED TO BEGIN THE EXPORTING OF PIG FEED TO CHINA.
IN CHINA, WHICH CONSUMES AND PRODUCES MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD』S PORK, THE MEAT IS NOT ONLY A STAPLE, BUT ALSO A SYMBOL OF PROSPERITY. HOWEVER, THE PORK-OBSESSED COUNTRY IS FACING A CRISIS—CHINA HAS CULLED TENS OF MILLIONS OF PIGS IN A BID TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, A DISEASE THAT IS LETHAL TO THE ANIMAL BUT HARMLESS TO HUMANS. MEASURES TAKEN BY CHINESE AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING RELEASING 30,000 METRIC TONS (LINK IN CHINESE) OF PORK FROM NATIONAL RESERVES AND INCREASING IMPORTS OF PORK FROM THE US, HAVE FAILED TO CLOSE THE GAP IN SUPPLY AND STEM THE SURGE IN PRICES. IN SEPTEMBER, PORK PRICES SOARED 69% FROM A YEAR AGO.
WHILE SEEN AS A GOODWILL GESTURE AHEAD OF TALKS TO END THE U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR, THE EXEMPTION FROM A 25% RETALIATORY TARIFF IMPOSED LAST YEAR IS ALSO A MEANS FOR CHINA TO GET SUPPLIES IT NEEDS. WHEY PERMEATE PROVIDES NUTRIENTS THAT CAN HELP BABY PIGS GROW UP FASTER AND HEALTHIER AS THE WORLD’S LARGEST PORK CONSUMER FIGHTS AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, A FATAL HOG DISEASE.
CHINA'S PORK SHORTAGE WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER. ON THURSDAY, CHINA'S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS SAID THAT IT EXPECTED PORK PRICES TO REMAIN AT A HIGH LEVEL THROUGH THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY AND CHINA'S SPRING FESTIVAL IN LATE JANUARY 2020, ACCORDING TO A PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT FROM FINANCIAL DATABASE WIND INFO.
THE PIG CRISIS ALSO MIGHT BE HAVING AN INFLUENCE OVER HOW CHINA APPROACHES TRADE TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, TOO. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID LAST WEEK THAT THE TWO SIDES REACHED A PRELIMINARY TRADE TRUCE THAT WILL INCLUDE A COMMITMENT FROM CHINA TO BUY US AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS — SOMETHING CHINA ALREADY SUGGESTED IT WAS OPEN TO DOING. BEFORE THE TRADE WAR BEGAN, CHINA WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARKETS FOR US AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AND PORK WAS A HUGE PART OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.
IN A 1996 ESSAY, AN OFFICIAL WITH CHINA FOODS LIMITED, A GOVERNMENT-AFFILIATED COMPANY THAT MANAGED THE NATIONAL PORK RESERVE, WROTE THAT THE OFFICIAL STOCKPILE HAD GROWN TO 200,000 TONS FROM AROUND 20,000 TONS AT INCEPTION. THE NUMBER DIPPED IN THE EARLY 2000S, RESEARCHERS SAY. BUT IT SEEMED TO HAVE RECOVERED BY 2011, WHEN, AMID A BOUT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT BROUGHT PORK PRICES TO NEW HIGHS, CHINA』S COMMERCE MINISTRY SAID THE NATIONAL RESERVE HELD AROUND 200,000 TONS.
ON FRIDAY, U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CHINA』S VICE PREMIER LIU HE ANNOUNCED A TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SAW WASHINGTON SUSPEND TARIFF INCREASES WHILE CHINA AGREED TO PURCHASE SOME $40-$50 BILLION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, INCLUDING PORK. BEHIND THIS SEEMINGLY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT, THE FINANCIAL MARKETS RALLIED; THE DOW JONES ROSE SOME 320 POINTS OR 1.21 PERCENT. TRUMP BILLED THE AGREEMENT AS 「PHASE ONE」 OF A BROADER TRADE AGREEMENT, BUT BEHIND THE SOARING RHETORIC BELIES A KEY MOTIVATION FOR THE DEAL: THE CHINESE NEED PIG IMPORTS.
THERE IS INSUFFICIENT AMERICAN ORGANIC SOY, SO HOG FARMERS WISHING TO FEED THEIR ANIMALS ORGANIC SOY OFTEN IMPORT IT FROM CHINA. AND THERE ARE FEED INGREDIENTS — B VITAMINS AND TRACE MINERALS — THAT ARE MANUFACTURED ONLY IN CHINA. THE VIRUS CAN SURVIVE FOR UP TO A MONTH ON THESE PRODUCTS, SO THEY MUST BE QUARANTINED AND HEATED TO KILL THE VIRUS.
MEAT CONSUMPTION (POULTRY, PORK, BEEF, VEAL) IN CHINA HAVE GROWN FROM 42KG PER CAPITA IN 2000 TO A PROJECTED 48KG PER CAPITA IN 2019, SAID THE FITCH SOLUTIONS AGRIBUSINESS TEAM, WHICH PRODUCED THE REPORT.
A RECENT USDA REPORT ILLUSTRATES THE SCALE OF CHANGES THAT MAY BE ABOUT TO OCCUR IN CHINA. THAT REPORT PREDICTS THAT CHICKEN MEAT PRODUCTION IN CHINA WILL INCREASE TO APPROXIMATELY 15.8 MILLION TONNES IN 2020 (+14%).CHICKEN MEAT CONSUMPTION IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15.96 MILLION METRIC TONNES (MMT) IN 2020, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 15% FROM 2019 DUE TO SHIFTS IN CONSUMPTION FROM PORK PRODUCTS TO POULTRY AMID DECLINES IN PORK PRODUCTION AND RISING PRICES.

 

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