UPDATE 1-China 2020 meat imports close to 10 mln tonnes, up 60% on year - customs
(Adds chart) BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China imported 9.91 million tonnes of meat in 2020, customs data showed on Thursday, as the world’s biggest consumer of meat stocked up on proteins after a further plunge in its pork output. Shipments were up 60.4% on the year before and came after China’s output of pork, its staple meat, slumped 19% in the first half. That followed an even bigger drop during 2019 when the fatal pig disease African swine fever ravaged its vast hog herd. China’s General Administration of Customs only began releasing monthly data for all meats combined last year bu...
Source: reuters.com