January 7, 2004

Pork Remains As Dominating Meat Consumed in China UP to 2020

The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has made a forecast for China's market demand for animal products before 2020:

(Unit: 1,000 tons/year)

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Product           Demand   Demand    Demand   Demand

                      in 2005     in 2010     in 2015     in 2020

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Meat               67,830      79,800      90,100      93,000

Pork               45,220      50,400      54,340      55,800

Beef, ram         9,310      11,200      12,870      14,500

Poultry            13,300      16,100      18,590      20,900

Eggs               23,940      26,600      28,600      30,450

Dairy

products         13,300      23,800      32,890      36,250

Aquatic

products         30,000      33,000      35,000      38,000

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