Continuing need for pig meat imports
It is expected that Chinese imports peaked in 2020. Rabo- bank states that China imported 5.6 million tonnes of pig meat and related products, which is an 85% year-on-year increase. For 2021, it is expected there will be a drop in imports of 10–30%, resulting from growth in domestic production. Pig meat exporting countries are going to no- tice that, Rabobank writes. To give an idea: a decrease of pork imports into China of 1 million tonnes is similar to the annual production of Belgium. Breeding companies agree with the Rabobank estimates, even though all projections are surrounded by uncertain- ty. China will most likely continue to import pig meat products, even when domestic production returns to pre- ASF levels. There will be a continuous demand for offal an- yway in China. Prior to ASF, China imported 2.5 million tonnes of meat and offal.
(about 6,300 animals of which over 5,000 were Large White sows). In 2021, the company aims to ship a similar number to China. Julien Rogon, the company’s export manager, expects that 10,000 animals will be feasible as well. Choice is accelerating in 2021. The company is striving to ex- port at least 14,000 breeding pigs to China in 2021, equivalent to ten times their 2020 numbers. That year, the company was preparing and adjusting its breeding goals for China. Axiom also sees potential growth, aiming to transport 9,000 GGP pigs to China in 2021. The first shipment has already
occured, with the first 2,000 Axiom breeding pigs being shipped to Guiyang in central-southern China in three planes. These animals embarked from Brest airport in Western France.
Growth and pig health in China Repopulation is one thing; disease pressure is another. The breeding companies active in China, however, all notice that awareness about biosecurity on Chinese pig farms has strongly increased since ASF entered the country in August 2018. If the virus is detected on a farm, it usually happens at a
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At Brest airport in Western France, breeding pigs are loaded for a flight to Shanxi province, China.
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