UPDATE 2-New hog farms, heavy pigs drive China pork output to best Q2 in at least 7 years agriculture.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from agriculture.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Output at highest Q2 levels in at least 7 yrs - Reuters calcs Pork output seen decreasing in Q3 - analyst (Recasts on quarterly data; adds analyst comment, graphic)
SHANGHAI, July 15 (Reuters) - China’s second-quarter pork production surged to its highest in at least seven years, official data showed on Thursday, after producers launched thousands of new breeding farms last year to rebuild a hog herd decimated by the African swine fever.
Pork output for April-June was 13.46 million tonnes, up 40% compared with the same period last year and well above the usual 10 million tonnes during this period, according to Reuters’ calculations based on official data.
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SHANGHAI, July 13 (Reuters) - China imported 743,000 tonnes of meat in June, down 17% from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday, as weak domestic pork prices hit demand for imports.
Meat imports in the first half of the year totalled 5.08 million tonnes, the data from China’s General Administration of Customs showed. (Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
UPDATE 2-China June meat imports fall 17% on weak domestic prices agriculture.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from agriculture.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.