News African swine fever
Border immediately close to outbreak in Germany
The Philippines are resolute. When African swine fever breaks out in Germany, the Asian country immediately stops importing pork from Germany. Simeon Amurao made this statement in the Philippine media on behalf of the National Bureau of the Meat Industry.
The situation regarding African swine fever in the Philippines is being closely monitored. Especially now that the animal disease was officially diagnosed in China at the beginning of August. The country therefore applies a temporary import ban on pork from China. Amurao says that the situation in Europe is also being closely monitored.
"We pay specific attention to Germany, given that animal disease is prevalent there in neighboring countries." The fact that Germany is the largest exporter of pork in the Philippines does not stand in the way of an export ban, according to Amurao.
Enough alternatives
He mentions importing pork from Canada and the United States as an alternative. Amurao also expects that the prices on the world market may fluctuate considerably. In a negative sense for pig farmers in Germany and in a positive sense for American producers.
The impact of the Philippines on the global market is growing considerably. The archipelago is the seventh largest importer of pork worldwide, with an estimated import volume of 2018 tons in 285.000. The volume has increased sharply in recent years.
It is also likely that other (Asian) countries have the same attitude as the Philippines. This is how . becomes polish pork already boycotted by some Asian countries, given that the disease has been prevalent there for several years.
Tenth outbreak in China
Meanwhile, the outbreaks of the disease just keep rolling in. In the past few days alone, 4 more outbreaks have been confirmed in China; meanwhile, the official counter is at 10. The virus has been detected in 6 provinces, which are sometimes thousands of kilometers apart. The tenth outbreak was diagnosed on Thursday, September 6 in Anhui province on a farm with more than 800 pigs.
China has now various measures affected. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as part of the United Nations (UN) convened an emergency meeting this week in Bangkok to discuss possible measures.
Wouter Job
© DCA Market Intelligence. This market information is subject to copyright. It is not permitted to reproduce, distribute, disseminate or make the content available to third parties for compensation, in any form, without the express written permission of DCA Market Intelligence.
