Global trade in beef and pork - China biggest importerthe bi-annual preview of the USDA on the beef and pork market concluded among other things, that China in recent years to the world's leading importer become pork and beef is. Chinese pork imports have in the past 10 years increased fivefold ; a doubling has occurred in the last 4 years alone. The recent development has significant reason in a restructuring of pigs, which are pushed out of the densely populated areas for environmental reasons. A reconstruction in remote market regions does not occur to same extent as the pigs in closed areas is abandoned. Many small farms or backyard attitudes that do not join the restructuring process on capital grounds are the background. Due to the scarce availability of agricultural land, cattle farming in China has played a subordinate role. An extensive cattle farming was operated only in the steppe, which served for the most part of self catering. With rising incomes , a growing middle and upper classes, a demand arose for higher value food. In particular in the Middle port cities is to import the possibility cheap sea beef. The scarce supply of pork and poultry meat by bird flu into disrepute the troubled demand Additionally directs towards beef. Within the last 5 years was the import of beef increases. With more than 1.4 million tonnes of beef imports, China supplanted the previously leading US from the top of the importing countries. One end of the increase in imports is not to refrain for the time being. It is beef and pork together, then the Chinese import volume to over 4 million tonnes for the year 2017 is calculated. China determined that 25% of the global beef and pig meat imports. The influence on the global price developments is thus made obvious by the demand side. Meat imports come from countries, the low-cost offer available and at the same time comply with the hygiene and health requirements of the Chinese. So, for example, the use of hormones in beef production or the use of growth promoters in pigs is not allowed. Should traces are detected at the landing, the charges not to import are released, a high risk of countries working with these substances. The US in particular are affected. The EU can keep up well with less valuable pieces of pork, in the expensive beef but not.
