Pigmeat production in China also 2017 decline. Environmental controls banish pigs from densely populated cities and along the river courses. Also for 2017 the USDA Office in Beijing is that the pig farms in China continues to back. Only 38 million sows should have been present at the beginning of the year 2017. A year earlier, the number was 45.1 million The annual pig production is by 620 million on 600,5 million animals go back. The number of hog killing is specified for 2017 with 625 million units. From the animal figures can be calculated if largely unchanged battle weight a domestic pork production of 50.9 million tonnes . In the year 2016 reached a magnitude of approximately 52 million tonnes. There were 54.87 million tonnes in the year 2015 Inlandsverbrauch is estimated in the face of high pork prices on 53.3 million tonnes lower . In the year 2015, there were 55.9 million t. pork consumption. Of the differences of domestic production and Domestic consumption is calculated as a tends to be rising import demand, on 2.4 million SG is estimated. The originally projected lower import figures for the year 2017 belong to the past. Importation of pig meat in China has tripled in the last three years. For the following years, a further fall not excludable arises. Pig should fall from begin with approximately 400 million animals to the 2017 at the end of the year at 375.6 million. Thus, the starting position for 2018 will be much less favourable than in the current year. Population - and income-related rising meat demand in China leads to a rising beef consumption. With limited domestic production, beef imports to rise to approximately 1 million tonnes to China. Suppliers are Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and also India.
