AGRICULTURAL NEWS - According to Rabobank analyst, Justin Sherrard, China normally imports about 2,5 million tons of pork a year, but will likely need up to two million tons of added imports.
It has been reported that more than one million pigs have been slaughtered in the fight against ASF, but some analysts have estimated that this number was probably much higher.
“We think it won’t be until around about May, maybe June of this year, that we really start to see an [increase] in import requirements from China,” Sherrard said.
He said he expected China to continue shifting production to the north of the country into larger, more modern facilities.
