May 8, 2007

 

ILDEX China 2007 rides on China's bright economic outlook
 

Press release
 

 

Excited by bright prospects and networking opportunities for buyers and sellers in China's livestock and dairy industry, world-leading suppliers of the industry have already secured their presence at ILDEX China 2007.

 

Scheduled for Beijing from Oct 10-12, 2007, the show has attracted the registrations of leading suppliers such as Shanghai VAL-CO Livestock Equipment, Muyang Group, J.N. Jorenku, The GSI Asia Group, Farmer Automatic, Interheat and Dosmatic Asia. 

 

There are good reasons for confidence in the outlook of China's livestock and dairy industry. Despite the Chinese government's effort to slow down the domestic economy, it is expected to continue growing at a double-digit rate of 10.9 percent in 2007, up from 10.7 percent the previous year. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences forecast follows official figures released showing growth of 11.1 percent in the first quarter.

 

China's poultry industry is also on the verge of recovery from avian flu outbreaks. USDA projects in its International Egg and Poultry Review dated Apr 17, 2007, that China's broiler production in 2007 will increase 2 percent over 2006 to 10.5 million tonnes.

 

Exports of Chinese broiler meat are projected to rise 2 percent to 330,000 tonnes in 2007 from the previous year's 3 percent loss. Most of the broiler meat will be exported to Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, while exports of shell eggs are forecast to increase 2 percent to 1.2 million eggs mostly to Hong Kong and Macau, which account for 90 percent of China's exports.

 

Another factor is growing wealth of the largest population in the world. With China's population expected to reach 1.4 billion by the late 2010s from 1.3 billion people in 2006, domestic meat consumption is expected to rise further.

 

On the dairy front, the outlook is also bright. Both domestic and international dairy companies including France's Groupe Danone, New Zealand's Fonterra and China's Synutra have announced their major investments in 2007 based on improving signs in China's primary dairy output, and the aim to reduce the need for costly imports via establishment of large-scale dairy farms. China's per-capita consumption of dairy products is forecast to rise from 9 kilograms in 2006 to 13.4 kilograms by 2010.

 

Realising the livestock sector's importance, and in a bid to prevent recurrence of disease outbreaks, the Chinese government plans to spend US$1.13 billion to control severe animal diseases by 2015.

 

China will establish Animal Disease Control and Prevention Centres in all 31 provinces on the Mainland - 2,293 in all. The prevention system will work at four levels: central government, provincial, county and village.

 

With the show strongly supported by China's leading livestock associations including Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV), organiser N.C.C. Exhibition Organizers (NEO) and its local partner Beijing Hua Tai Exhibition Co., Ltd. expect trade visitor numbers to reach 20,000.

 

Covering all main sectors including poultry, pig, dairy, feed and environmental protection in animal husbandry, the show should draw mostly decision makers and industry professionals from these various sectors who search for livestock technologies to raise their production standards and production capacities in anticipation of rising demand from both domestic and export markets.