The Chinese authorities have authorized no fewer than 25 Brazilian meat factories to export to China. The Asian country is diligently looking for solutions for the meat shortage that has arisen as a result of African swine fever.
The outbreaks of African Swine Fever, first identified in August 2018, have caused China's pig population to shrink by nearly 40%. As a result, the price of pork has risen to a record high.
Mainly cattle slaughterhouses
Importing foreign (pork) meat is a solution to the meat shortage. That's why China has now approved 25 Brazilian slaughterhouses to export meat. Of these, 17 supply beef, 6 poultry, 1 pork and 1 donkey meat. It concerns 1 slaughter location of the world's largest meat group BRF, the largest meat group in the world.
Meat exporters in Brazil benefit greatly from the Chinese import drive. In the first 8 months of this year, exports to China increased by 31% to 133.500 tonnes. In the same period, beef exports increased by 11% to 212.000 tons and poultry meat exports increased by almost 20% to 348.200 tons. The sharp increase is because the Chinese are looking for alternative animal proteins for the scarce pork.
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