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| 2138 | Kazakhstan to export beef to China | China is to open its market for Kazakhstani beef. Chinese veterinary inspectors are due to inspect five Kazakhstani beef processors in the near future, Forbes.kz reports. | <p>Maksut Baktibayev, chairman of the board of the Meat Union of Kazakhstan, told Forbes that the inspection will take place sometime in mid-November. Mr Baktibayev expects shipments of frozen beef and cattle to be launched to China in 2019.</p> <p>Kazakhstan did not receive export approval for beef from the Chinese authorities as the country was considered unfavorable because of the foot and mouth disease outbreaks. Forbes.kz says that after the visit of the president Nursultan Nazarbayev to China an agreement was signed for the export of lamb and subsequently for beef.</p> <p>Mr Baktibayev added that the Kazakhstani beef producers believe they will need state support and preferential tarrifs for the transportation of meat to China in order to start exporting serious volumes.</p> <p>Kazakhstan will face tough competition from New Zealand and Australia in the Chinese market, as Kazakhstani producers have an import duty on meat of 12% in China, while New Zealand has zero duty on the imports of mutton and Australia pays only 5% import duty.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-11-03 10:31:08 | 2025-08-10 21:58:52 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3136 | New Zealand's meat exports are increasing | China is the main destination for red meat, while the British market is down 11% due to uncertainties regarding Brexit. | <p>New Zealand is increasing the meat exports to China, which is currently the main destination for sheepmeat and beef, according to the latest analysis presented by the Meat Industry Association.<br />Exports for the year to June 2019 have risen by $8.8 billion, with China leading the way. <br />In June, beef exports to China increased to more than 25,000 tonnes, more than the annual exports to Taiwan, Japan or Korea. At the same time, sheepmeat exports to this destination increased by 20% compared to the same month last year.<br />"China has taken more than half of New Zealand's sheepmeat exports and beef exports have increased by 79 percent by volume, overtaking the US as our largest beef market", said Tim Ritchie, Chief executive of the Meat Industry Association (MIA).<br />In June, China was ranked as the largest market by value for red meat and co-products, with $319 million worth in exports, followed by the US and UK. Red meat exports to the British market for the ear to June have dropped by 11% due to uncertainties regarding Brexit and market access in the near future.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-07-29 04:16:01 | 2025-08-11 04:13:05 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4111 | Belgian pork regains access to several Asian markets | China is the final stronghold to be recovered for the Belgian pork suppliers. | <p>Belgium has managed to get back on external markets such as Singapore or Vietnam after no more cases of ASF in wild boars have been reported in the last 12 months. Now, ASF looks like a big concern for the whole of Europe, since the virus has appeared in the wild boar population in Germany. However, Belgium and the Czech Republic are seen as examples in managing the fight against the disease, both countries getting the ASF-free status over the last 12 months. Starting this month, Belgium has regained access to Singapore and Vietnam but the volumes exported are still low compared with two years ago. Currently, Germany is trying to adopt similar measures adopted by Belgium in order to contain the virus in the wild boar population in the district of Oder-Spree.<br />But the problems are getting worst in some other EU member countries, such as Poland and Romania where multiple outbreaks have been reported in the last two weeks. The Polish Veterinary Office reports eight new cases for the first week of September, with a large firm of 6,500 pigs affected. Meanwhile, Romania has reported 36 new outbreaks in farms, of which two of them were having 5,500 and 600 animals, while the rest were backyard farms.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-09-22 10:52:42 | 2025-08-11 08:13:37 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3345 | Kazakhstan is ready to revive its pig industry through exports | China is ready to receive pork from Kazakhstan as the former Soviet republic holds the ASF-free status. | <p>China will receive the first shipment of Kazakh pork by the end of the year, according to officials from Kazakhstan quoted by Pig Progress magazine. According to Kazakh deputy agricultural minister Gulmira Isaeva, the trade deal with China is expected to be followed by several investments in the country's pork industry, which is now in decline compared to the '90s.<br />In 1990, Kazakhstan had a national pig herd of 3.2 million head. By now, the national inventory has dropped to 820,000 pigs. Pig population could grow back to 2.5 million head in case if export projects would prove to be successful, the Union of Pig Producers said. In 2018, Kazakhstan produced 87,000 tonnes of pork, which arguably is the lowest figure since the Soviet era. According to the Kazakh Union of Pig Producers, the country has the potential to export 100,000 tonnes of pork per year and is targeting China and Russia as its main potential markets.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-10-24 07:11:52 | 2025-08-11 05:41:22 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5140 | QMS keeps an eye on changing pork market conditions | China is one of the main factors that worries analysts, with implications for the whole red meat industry. | <p>According to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), in addition to Brexit, there have been other topics dominating the discussion about international trade in red meat in 2021. One is the ongoing impact of the changing pork market conditions in China.<br />Senior Economics Analyst, Iain Macdonald, says that China’s pork market has been through a highly volatile period since the major African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic of 2018/19.<br />“According to the USDA, production fell from an average of 54m tonnes in 2016-18 to 43m tonnes in 2019 and 35m tonnes in 2020. To help ease the supply shortage, China’s pork imports surged from a 2016-18 average of 1.66m tonnes to 2.45m tonnes in 2019 and 5.28m tonnes in 2020.mWith this surge unable to fill the gap in overall protein demand in China, imports of beef, lamb and chicken also soared. For example, USDA figures point to a doubling of China’s beef imports between 2018 and 2020, reaching 2.78m tonnes.”</p> <p>The severe shortage of supply caused market prices to surge in 2019 and remained elevated until early 2021. “Wholesale pork climbed from around 18 yuan/kg (£2.10/kg) in March 2019 to a peak of 52 yuan/kg (£6.10/kg) in November 2019, before fluctuating at 40-50 yuan/kg until early 2021. Prices on wholesale markets for beef, sheepmeat and chicken also increased significantly,” said Mr Macdonald.<br />These impacts were felt outside China, driving up livestock prices in the global market. This included the UK, where China went from accounting for around 20-25% of UK pork exports to over half in Q1 2021.<br />“However, between spring and autumn 2021, Chinese pork market conditions completely changed. By late August, wholesale pork prices had fallen below pre-ASF levels, and after China’s holiday period in October, they slipped below 18 yuan/kg, down over 60% from January,” explained Mr Macdonald.<br />This reflected a quick rebound in local production, which had been incentivised by large profit margins in 2019 and 2020. However, as local production increased through the spring and summer, farmgate prices fell well below production costs, encouraging herd liquidation. <br />This liquidation then sped up the production rebound, placing further downwards pressure on the market. Chinese trade data showed a sharp reduction in imports in the summer, highlighting an adequately supplied market and contributing to reduced prices across the world. <br />“Things quickly changed again in October. Wholesale pork prices jumped 35% in just five weeks and they closed November around 18% above the 2016-18 average, at 24.5 yuan/kg (£2.90/kg). It is likely that the market quickly became under-supplied as a result of local production rebalancing lower after the liquidation cycle plus the reduction in imports.</p> <p>“One interesting feature of pork market volatility is that while beef and lamb wholesale prices were pulled higher by the protein shortages of 2019 and 2020, they did not readjust significantly lower again in 2021 in line with pork,” said Mr Macdonald.</p> <p>Sheepmeat wholesale prices showed a modest dip between spring and summer but held well above pre-ASF levels, while beef prices appeared to be immune to the change in pork market conditions. In late November, beef and lamb traded at attractive levels for exporters on the Chinese wholesale market, equivalent to £9.10/kg and £8.30/kg respectively; both around 2% higher than last year.</p> <p>“It seems likely that reduced pork availability in 2019-20 led Chinese consumers to try alternative proteins more often, giving some degree of permanence to the lift in demand for beef and sheepmeat, while pork demand may not have fully recovered. Indeed, the USDA projects that pork consumption will remain 10% below 2016-18 levels this year and by 13% in 2022,” explained Macdonald.<br />Currently, the USDA is forecasting beef import growth of 8% both this year and next, while pork imports are projected to fall 15% this year before partially recovering in 2022, up 6%. FAO/OECD forecasts point to sheepmeat consumption growth of 1% in 2021 and 2022, with imports 40% above their 2016-18 average.</p> <p>Therefore, China will continue to offer a significant opportunity to its overseas suppliers of beef and sheepmeat in 2022. Meanwhile, although below their peak, China’s pork import requirements are expected to remain elevated at nearly three times their 2016-18 average. <br />“The volatility in the Chinese market in recent years demonstrates how quickly global markets can shift, causing large knock-on effects which are difficult to plan for,” said Mr Macdonald.</p> | 1 | Market | 2021-12-13 10:04:27 | 2025-08-10 17:08:15 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3200 | Australian beef industry must adjust for succeding in Asian markets - analyst | China is increasing demand for grain-fed beef but multiple challenges lay ahead for exporters. | <p>Australia has the potential to increase its grain-fed beef exports in the Asian markets, especially China, by 65% to 2030, according to Angus Gidley-Baird, senior animal protein analyst at Rabobank, but industry must adjust to tackle multiple challenges and risks that lays ahead.<br />"Maximising the chances of succeeding in these markets will require adjustments to the Australian beef system. Producers, backgrounders, feedlots, and processors will all need to be aligned", he said.<br />Producers and backgrounders will need to produce more consistent volumes and animals with qualities that will perform in feedlot systems. Feedlots will need to better manage feed grain supplies and to encourage crop farmers to focus on feed grain production, and processors will need to incentivize the production of meats with qualities that meet the market specifications, explained the analyst.<br />If these conditions are to be met, the export volumes can reach 500,000 tonnes according to the bank's projection. At this time, China is the world's largest importer of beef. According to Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), in the 2018-19 financial year beef exports reached A$9.49 billion (US$6.41 billion), a 19% increase on last financial year and A$446 million (US$298 million) higher than the previous record set in 2014-15. <br />There was prominent growth across all of Australia’s major beef export markets:<br />- Japan: $2.31 billion, up 9% year-on-year<br />- US: $1.94 billion, up 13%<br />- China: $1.75 billion, up 74%<br />- South Korea: $ 1.50 billion, up 28%.<br />At the same time, cattle on feed inventory set another record, at 1,147,400 head. Cattle on feed were sustained over 1.1 million head for the entire year.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-08-23 11:08:59 | 2025-08-09 02:01:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5798 | Rabobank: China Food & Agribusiness Quarterly – Q4 2022 | China is facing sharp economic growth slowdown due to macroeconomic and geo-political challenges around the world, the real estate market slowdown, and ongoing Covid-led lockdowns. | <p>In Q2 2022, China’s GDP growth recorded only 0.4% YOY, according to the National Statistics Bureau. Rabobank is forecasting China GDP will only grow at 2.8 % for year 2022.<br />In August, consumer confidence indicators (CCI) are hitting historic lows, at 91.8. CCI is less likely to improve in the short term, given the current geopolitical turmoil, the ongoing zero-Covid policy in China, and growing fears of a global recession. In addition, youth unemployment remains at a historical high level (18.7% in Aug 2022), imposing challenges of economic and social instability.<br />Together with currency depreciation, softening equity markets, and a higher youth unemployment rate, consumer sentiment unsurprisingly shows limited optimism for F&A demand.<br />Unlike the US or Europe, China’s inflation for most food products is low or moderate, except for pork and fresh fruits and vegetables. Low price increases for most food products have indicated that food processors may face challenges in transfering raw material increases to end consumers.</p> <p><br />The main highlights include:<br />- Farm Inputs: Domestic fertilizer prices are stabilizing in recent weeks, as the autumn fertilization season approaches in China. Meanwhile, feedstock costs will also limit downside potential. Operating rates of nitrogen and phosphate producers are expected to stay low in Q4, due to the impacts of governmental policies. The Chinese government will restrict fertilizer export until 30 April 2023.<br />- Grains & Oilseeds: China’s domestic corn price is facing seasonal harvest pressure. The 2022/23 output is now estimated to have a mild drop of 5m to 6m metric tons. Driven by high basis points and positive crushing margins, China’s monthly soybean import volume is set to rebound in the coming months. High imports will ease tight supply and stabilize the soymeal price.<br />- Animal Protein: Pork prices remain strong despite the government measures to curb the rising CPI. Momentum will likely continue into Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. Poultry prices have increased mildly compared with pork. Price upside potential is relatively limited as demand remains weak under Covid policies. Imports have dropped while exports increased.<br />- Dairy: Despite high milk production growth, falling import is slowing down supply. However, the recovery in dairy demand has again been interrupted by renewed Covid-related lockdowns in Q3 and into October. This continues to depress milk prices and slows down the pace of destocking. Following reports of squeezed profitability by listed farming operators in 1H 2022, the pressure is expected to persist on dairy farming profit margins. Channel checks suggest that investment appetite is decreasing, but meaningful slowdown in production is probably unlikely until 1H 2023 and onward.<br />- Consumer Foods: In August 2022, the foodservice sector grew by 8.4%, mainly as a result of a lower comparable base in August 2021 and moderate food price increases. Food and grocery retail sales were up by 7.8% YOY, with food-only retail sales slightly outperforming beverage retail sales in August.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-10-26 03:01:00 | 2025-08-11 07:54:25 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4221 | US pork exports at risk over the next 5 years | China is changing the game in the global meat market. Again. | <p>China's intention to rebuild its national pig inventory is jeopardizing the US export picture over the next 3 to 5 years, according to the latest analysis from CoBank. "China's pork market is showing the early signs of herd rebuilding and hog prices have fallen 30% from their peak a year ago," said Will Sawyer, lead economist, animal protein, CoBank. "This increases the risk of an oversupply of US pork if exports to other markets, primarily in Asia and Latin America, are unable to absorb this supply."</p> <p>The loss of exports to China would likely lead to difficult conditions for US hog producers and processors alike. The US pork industry has built multiple new plants over the past four years, increasing packing capacity by 12%, with much of this new capacity eyed for international markets.</p> <p>Following the discovery of ASF in Germany in September, many key pork importing countries have banned German pork, opening the window for increased shipments from the US and other key pork exporters. This provides the US with a short-term opportunity to increase market share in China, as Germany represents approximately 14% of China's pork imports. Although the ban is unlikely to last forever, and with China's hog prices showing signs of weakening, the US may still feel the pressure of reduced Chinese pork imports.</p> <p>While lower trade flows with China to pre-ASF levels would bring a good deal of stress to the US pork sector, there are strategies and changes the pork industry can make now to help dampen that impact. Shifting trade relationships from transactional to strategic, pursuing trade diversification and building the US market are among those strategies.</p> <p>The greatest opportunity and possible challenge for the US pork sector is the domestic market. With few exceptions over the last 30 years, annual per capita pork consumption in the US has been range between 48 and 52 pounds (around 23 Kg).</p> <p>Looking for secondary customers</p> <p>Spurring new or increased demand from other markets is another industry imperative. These growth opportunities may come from US pork's core trade partners, but by also expanding trade opportunities with secondary customers. Markets like Japan, Korea and Mexico are critical in the next few years. The US pork sector also has great export opportunities in numerous smaller markets, especially in the Caribbean, and Central and South America.</p> <p>US packers have opportunities to strengthen their relationships with importers and customers of their end products. With all major pork-producing countries eyeing the Chinese market, suppliers with strategic relationships in China will fare much better during the down cycle.</p> <p>"One of the many lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 is the necessity of a strong relationship between producer and packer," added Sawyer. "This is true in both beef and pork, as those producers who had a deep and strategic relationship with their packer fared far better during the plant shutdowns and slowdowns in April and May 2020."</p> <p>The relationship between a hog producer and their packer can become strategic in many ways, whether that be by contract, ownership, geography, size, or efficiency. In an environment where demand is falling as exports shrink, producers with the deepest relationships will better weather any changes in plant capacity that may come.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-11-06 07:38:07 | 2025-08-10 07:00:17 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2777 | EU grants new quotas for Chinese duck meat | China is allowed to export to the EU market a volume of 6,600 tonnes of duck meat per year at a 10.9% tariff. | <p>China has an individual quota for duck meat exports in the EU of 6,600 tonnes per year. The new quotas can be expected to boost the international competitiveness of China's poultry industry while improving the industry standards, according to an industry expert.<br />The agreement allows the Chinese exporters to deliver 6,600 tonnes of duck meat in the U market with a 10.9% tariff, while the rest it will have a €2,765 duty per ton. Until now, China didn't have an established quota for duck meat in the European market. In 2015, the Asian country filed a complaint against the EU at the WTO over its high tariffs on Chinese poultry products. In 2017, the WTO ruled that the EU's tariff quotas on Chinese poultry products had violated WTO rules. The final agreement on the new tariff quota came after rounds of negotiations between China and the EU in November 2018.<br />"Thanks to the relatively strong production ability of China's poultry sector, more exports of duck meat to the EU will enhance domestic companies' competitiveness in the world and the Chinese market", said Li Guoxiang, a research fellow at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in a statement for <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1144279.shtml">Global Times</a> newspaper.<br />The new quota can also improve industry standards in China's poultry business. The EU has high quality and safety standards for poultry imports from all sources, and entering the market will require Chinese poultry products to meet certain criteria, which will drive standardized breeding in the domestic industry.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-04-02 06:58:30 | 2025-08-11 06:45:22 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2053 | Out of control? ASF virus reaches Beijing's proximity | China has suffered its first outbreak of African swine fever in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, the national capital region. | <p>China AS outbreaks accounts now for more than 30 cases, with the latest being registered in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, the national capital region, according to Yicai Global magazine.<br />A commercial farm was hit by the outbreak with 19,938 pigs on-site, according to the Chinese authorities. It is the largest farm in China affected by the virus until now. <br />According to quoted Yao Guiling, an analyst with China-America Commodity Data Analytics. He declared for Reuters that the fact that the disease was confirmed on a large swine farm indicated that the situation has gotten more serious. He hinted that companies might re-think or slow their output expansion plans.<br />One of the cases took place at a farm in Houjiaying, Yinzhou District, Tianjin on October 12 with 292 of 639 pigs affected and 189 dead.<br />Other cases in northeastern China have also emerged in October in Yingkou, Anshan and Dalian in Liaoning province. Local authorities have initiated an emergency response to block, cull and disinfect the affected pigs.<br />The agricultural ministry has also temporarily closed all live pig trading markets in the affected areas in an effort to contain the virus. The total number of provinces affected now is 9 and pork transportation in the area has been blocked.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-16 14:24:16 | 2025-08-10 01:14:19 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5311 | Spanish pig sector struggles to remain profitable | China has reduced demand for Spanish pork by 43% during the second half of 2021. | <p>Production costs have squeezed the margins in the Spanish pork industry. Although the country is now the largest pig producer and exporter in the EU, with a 5% increase in the national pig herd, increased production costs, mainly in feed, electricity, and labor is impacting the sector. From January-November 2021, total Spanish pork shipments rose 5% compared to the same period of 2020, due to growth to the EU and to China, Spain’s major pork destination, particularly during the first semester of 2021. However, for the second half of the year, China's demand for Spanish pig meat has dropped by 43%.<br />Data presented by Mercedes Vega, Genesus General Director for Spain, Italy are Portugal, reflects a slowdown in shipments to some important markets.</p> <p><img src="/files/pictures/article/Screenshot%202022-02-01%20232622.png?1645437711931" alt="Screenshot 2022-02-01 232622" height="100%" /></p> <p>A forecast for 2022 is not easy to make, warns Mrs. Vega. "2022 started with 1.02 €/kg, and risen to 1.035 €/kg, compared to 2021 when we started with 1.1€/kg and got to 1.42€/kg in the last week of January. We see a considerably lower price for this year. Cost of production as of December 2021 at €1.32/kg compared to €1.15/kg in 2020 – significantly higher for 2021.<br />Covid Pandemic still impacts both production costs and demand, while regarding supply/demand, at the beginning of the year there is more supply than demand. The slaughterhouses in the north of Spain have absorbed this greater supply more than those in the south. Oversupply is being frozen as packers expect to negotiate a better price for export," Mercedes Vega said in a recent market report.<br />China remains the big unknown in the international market and even if other Asian markets for Spanish pork developed well in 2021, it did not offset the losses from decreased Chinese demand since July 2021.<br />Spain has started this year with a pig herd of 33 milion head (+5%), while the sow herd grew 1%, to 2.635 million sows, according to Eurostat data. In this context, it is vital for Spain to increase its presence in the international market, as the EU single market is confronted with oversupply resulted from Germany and Italy, countries impacted by the African Swine Fever in the last year and a half.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2022-02-21 10:02:15 | 2025-08-11 04:27:09 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 8139 | China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries | China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease, according to Reuters. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">The ban, which also includes processed and unprocessed products, comes after the World Health Organization released information of disease outbreaks in various countries, according to a series of announcements by China's General Administration of Customs dated Jan. 21.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The ban from the world's largest meat importer affects Ghana, Somalia, Qatar, Congo (DRC), Nigeria, and Tanzania, Egypt, Bulgaria, East Timor and Eritrea.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">China also said it has stopped imports of sheep, goat and related products from Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh due to sheep pox and goat pox outbreaks.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">It also blocked the imports of even-toed ungulates and related products from Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, it said.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-01-28 00:20:34 | 2025-08-11 02:41:56 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7988 | China lifts final trade restrictions on Australian meat processors | China has lifted trade restrictions on two Australian meat processing facilities, allowing the full resumption of red meat exports to the country, according to Reuters. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Beijing has now removed restrictions from all 10 Australian abattoirs it banned between 2020 and 2022.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The bans were imposed around the time that China blocked imports of commodities including coal, barley and wine from Australia after Canberra called for an independent investigation into the origin of COVID-19.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Almost all those restrictions have been removed since a new government won power in Canberra in 2022, with trade in lobster, the final banned product, set to restart by year-end.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"This is great news for Australian exporters, producers and farmers", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Since we were elected we've worked tirelessly to resume trade and that's exactly what we are seeing. It's a win for trade and a win for Australian jobs".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">China is the second largest market for Australian beef and veal after the United States, receiving around 200,000 metric tons a year worth around $1.5 billion in recent years, Australian trade data show.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Australia was still able to ship beef to China when the abattoirs were banned because other processors were not subject to restrictions.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Australian beef exports have surged this year as the country steps into the gap left by low U.S. production, though most of the increase has been in shipments to the United States and Japan.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-12-05 00:25:38 | 2025-08-11 08:34:42 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7428 | China lifts embargo on five beef plants from Australia | China has lifted import bans on five major Australian beef processing facilities, in the latest sign of improving relations between the two nations, informs the Australian government. | <p><span lang="DE">China imposed the bans between 2020 and 2022, around the same time as it banned imports of a number of commodities, including coal, timber and wine, from Australia, after Canberra called for an independent investigation into the origins of Covid-19. The bans applied to certain plants but did not affect others, meaning Australia could still send beef to China.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It was tough for those plants in particular, but we still saw meat exporting", said an analyst on agriculture. He added that lifting restrictions should boost Australian shipments to China, which have already increased. to its highest level since 2020 as a declining cattle herd in the United States, Australia's main competitor, reduces its exports.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Lower US supply may have been one reason for China's action. China was Australia's second-biggest beef export market last year, receiving 240,000 tonnes worth about $1.6 billion, Australian trade data shows.</span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-06-09 00:05:37 | 2025-08-11 02:01:53 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 8535 | China issues countrywide ban on Brazilian poultry imports | China has issued a ban on all imports of poultry and related products from Brazil over an avian influenza outbreak, two weeks after suspending import applications from the country's poultry farms, according to Reuters. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">All direct and indirect Brazilian poultry imports are banned, and will be returned or destroyed if brought or mailed into the country, China's General Administration of Customs said in a website notice dated May 29.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">It also said all animal and plant waste from inbound ships from Brazil must be treated under customs' supervision and not discarded without authorisation.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Brazil, the world's largest poultry exporter and China’s biggest chicken meat supplier, confirmed a bird flu outbreak on a commercial poultry farm in the city of Montenegro in its southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul on May 16, triggering a slew of international trade bans.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Brazilian government had asked China to restrict its embargo to poultry products just from the city where the outbreak occurred, but Beijing's announcement showed it had shrugged off the call for a limited ban.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among the main destinations for Brazil's chicken exports. The other three countries imposed only statewide bans.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The European Union and South Korea have also banned Brazilian chicken.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Brazil exported some $10 billion of chicken meat in 2024, accounting for about 35% of global trade, making a nationwide ban painful not just for Brazilian farmers but also major importers.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-06-02 00:20:56 | 2025-08-11 05:36:17 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 2024 | China reports another case of ASF in the Liaoning province | China has confirmed another case of African swine fever disease in the Liaoning province in northeast China, according to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. | <p>There were 334 sick pigs out of a number of 3,358 that were raised in several villages in the city of Yingkou. Xinhuanet reports that 93 pigs died because of the disease.</p> <p>Local authorities have announced that measures are taken to contain the disease, including disinfecting the affected pigs and that the outbreak is currently under effective control.</p> <p>China reported its first case of African swine fever in August in Liaoning Province, since then the country reported several outbreaks of the disease in other provinces also.</p> <p><a href="Article-China-suspends-internal-pork-transportation-in-18-provinces/1941">The Ministry of Agriculture in China had announced at the end of September that it had suspended internal pork transportation in 18 provinces because of the disease.</a></p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-09 13:04:53 | 2025-08-09 07:05:26 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4255 | Tyson Foods to build new plants in Asia | China and Thailand are targeted as the main markets for international expansion. | <p>Tyson Foods announced plans to build new production facilities in China and Thailand, and expand its facility in the Netherlands. The latest expansions, adding over 100,000 tonnes of fully cooked poultry capacity, build on the company’s global growth strategy to become the leader in protein by serving emerging markets and strategic customers. <br />“Global population and income growth will continue to drive an increased need for protein. These investments allow us to increase our in-country operations and global export capabilities, helping us bring more safe, high-quality protein for consumers in these countries as well as for customers in other parts of the world,” said Dean Banks, president and CEO of Tyson Foods.</p> <p>The expansions are expected to create many direct and indirect jobs as production starts in local communities. The new plant in China is expected to create more than 700 jobs and the European expansion will add more than 150 jobs. Thailand’s new plant, part of a long-standing joint venture with GFPT Public Company Limited, is expected to bring more than 1,000 jobs.<br />“We have been aggressively building our overseas presence servicing foodservice and expanding into retail with innovative products. Our team recently launched the Tyson brand into key markets including in European foodservice and in Thailand retail through e-commerce. We invested in e-commerce platforms in Malaysia and Australia to meet consumer demand as COVID-19 accelerates e-commerce food delivery across the globe. The marketplace is changing, and we’re changing with it. We’ll continue to enhance our ability to serve growing global demand for value-added protein,” said Tyson Foods International President, Chris Langholz.</p> <p>Tyson Foods’ recent acquisitions and joint ventures have expanded the company’s international footprint in China and India to include Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, South Korea, Netherlands, and Brazil, giving the company access to demand through in-country production, as well as exports to many global markets. In FY19, the company generated $5.4 billion in international sales, which included US export sales.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-11-17 05:31:47 | 2025-08-11 07:29:29 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3842 | Brazilian pork exports increase, beef slides | China and Hong Kong remain the main markets for Brazilian pork, while beef producers are impacted by the closure of the European foodservice sector. | <p>Brazilian pork exports grew up by 43.5% in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of last year. The results were supported by increased demand from China and Hong Kong, the main markets for Brazilian pork, says data released by ABPA. <br />Poultry exports have increased by 6.64% reaching 74,080 tonnes. The modest results come as the European markets are flooded with local products due to closure of the foodservice sector in most of the EU member states.<br />At the same time, the COVID-19 crisis has impacted beef exports in the first three months of the year, which dropped by 5.86% totaling 22,496 tonnes. However, multiple plant shutdowns in the US may increase Brazilian beef exports in this market, as the North American country is facing a meat shortage in the next few months. It may also help Brazilian beef exporters to increase their market share in several Asian countries due to the disruption appeared in the American supply chain.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-05-12 06:04:59 | 2025-08-11 07:57:02 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3195 | Brazilian meat exports are rising on high demand from Asia | China alone accounts for 28% of Brazilian pork exports and 13% of chicken. | <p>According to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), the volume of meat exported in the first 7 months of the year has increased constantly and the trend is to persist, considering the demand from Asian countries affected by ASF.<br />Poultry and pork are the most successful products exported by Brazilian producers to Asia, especially in the Chinese market, explained Francisco Turra, ABPA chairman. In fact, at this time, China accounts for 28.2% of Brazilian pork exports and 13% of chicken.<br />Until the end of July, Brazilian poultry exports have increased by 5.8% compared to the same period of 2018 to reach 2.34 million tonnes worth $4 billion, up by 10.8%.<br />Pork exports have reached a volume of 414,400 tonnes so far, up by 19.6% y-o-y. The recent increase in exports has been influenced by the drop in the Chinese pig herd, the world's largest, and by the trend of switching from pork to poultry seen in several Asian markets such as China, Vietnam, Japan.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-08-22 11:13:04 | 2025-08-10 02:16:19 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 8730 | Chile suspends the import of meat and livestock from Argentine | Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has decided to suspend the import of meat and animal products from Argentine Patagonia. This is a reaction to Senasa's decision to authorize the entry of bone-in beef from foot-and-mouth disease-free zones with vaccination south of the Patagonian barrier. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Although trade between the two countries had already been halted, the measure was formalized through Resolution No. 5952-2025-FA-Argentine-suspension, dated July 30.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At the end of June, through Resolution 460/2025, Senasa reopened, after 22 years, the possibility of transporting certain animal products to Patagonia from areas with vaccination. The measure applied to specific cuts such as ribs, roasts, and sternum, excluding long-bone cuts, such as ossobuco or bone-in loin.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">For the Chilean SAG, this modification represents a substantial change in the conditions that initially motivated the recognition of foot-and-mouth disease-free status without vaccination for certain Argentine regions. Consequently, the agency decided to repeal this recognition, affecting meat exports from those areas to the Chilean market.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The suspension applies to the entry of animals and products that must comply with certification of origin from foot-and-mouth disease-free zones without vaccination, which in practice impacts specific areas in the north of the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro. In Neuquén, the sanitary status is lost throughout the territory north of the Barrancas River and east of the border with Río Negro, except for a strip between Cutral-Có, Añelo, and Provincial Route 7. In Río Negro, this status is no longer recognized on the southern bank of the Río Negro, although some specific exceptions remain, such as the Valle Azul area or certain areas in the departments of Avellaneda and El Cuy.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Official sources confirmed that a Chilean health mission is expected to arrive in the coming weeks, with the goal of getting the market up and running again as soon as possible.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-08-11 00:05:43 | 2025-08-11 08:37:56 | Details Edit Delete |
