December 18, 2014

 

China's total pork production increases but drops in overall meat proportion

 
 

According to the data released by the China Animal Husbandry Association, a total of 715.57 million swine were slaughtered in 2013, an increase of 24.9% when compared with 2004. Besides that, pork production has increased steadily in recent years.

 

However, pork accounted for 64.36% of the total meat production in 2013, a decrease of 1.33% when compared with 2004.
 

Year

Swine slaughtered

Pork Production

Pork Production

(ten thousands)

(ten thousandtonnes)

in proportion(%)

2003

55701

4233

65.7

2004

57278

4341

65.69

2005

60367

4555

65.65

2006

61207

4650

65.59

2007

56508

4287

62.45

2008

60960

4620

63.48

2009

64538

4890

63.93

2010

66686

5071

63.99

2011

66362

5060

63.53

2012

69789

5342

63.69

2013

71557

5493

64.36

 
In addition, China's pork imports has also shown an upwards trend in recent years.
 

Year

Global

China's imports

Production

Export

Imports

Proportion

(ten thousandtonnes)

(ten thousandtonnes)

2000

8,812.00

310.10

23.79

7.67%

2001

8,959.40

324.50

20.40

6.29%

2002

9,271.80

375.90

21.95

5.84%

2003

9,469.10

419.70

31.20

7.43%

2004

9,653.40

473.90

29.11

6.14%

2005

9,914.20

504.20

19.98

3.96%

2006

10,124.10

527.30

21.87

4.15%

2007

10,002.40

519.40

13.00

2.50%

2008

10,500.20

622.00

192.50

30.95%

2009

10,685.60

568.20

52.90

9.31%

2010

10,961.20

608.20

19.96

3.28%

2011

10,938.30

699.60

46.80

6.69%

2012

11,470.70

727.10

52.20

7.18%

2013

11,652.50

703.60

58.40

8.30%

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