In March 2024, animal meat product imports to China amounted to approximately 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, a significant decrease from the same month of the previous year. Total meat imports exceeded 5.8 billion U.S. dollars from January to March 2024.
African swine fever is a viral and usually fatal animal disease which affects domestic pigs and wild boars. The first outbreak of this disease was officially reported in 1907. However, the virus causing it had evolved hundreds of years earlier. In mid-2018, a particularly virulent strain of African swine fever was detected in China and was later reported in Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, other Asian countries as well as Australia and Europe. The disease was expected to kill around a quarter of the world’s pig population and an even larger proportion of China’s hog herd. Naturally, the crisis inflated the global pork prices and boosted imports in countries such as China, where pork has long been the most consumed type of meat.
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China Customs. (April 23, 2024). China's monthly import of meat products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/
China Customs. "China's monthly import of meat products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/
China Customs. (2024). China's monthly import of meat products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/
China Customs. "China's Monthly Import of Meat Products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/
China Customs, China's monthly import of meat products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
China's monthly import of meat products from March 2023 to March 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], China Customs, April 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275899/chinas-monthly-imports-of-animal-products/