February 15, 2021

 
Vietnam's 2020 pork imports spike 382% in volume

Vietnam's 2020 pork imports reached more than 141,000 tonnes of pork at a value of US$334.4 million, a 382% increase in volume and a 500% rise in value respectively over 2019, customs statistics showed.

The increase in imports was to make up for the shortage in pork supply caused by African swine fever which pushed up domestic prices in the first months of 2020.

The pork was mainly imported from Brazil, Russia, Poland, the United States and Canada. Brazil was the largest exporter of pork to Vietnam last year, accounting for 24.5% of the import volume.

The average pork import price was US$2.2 per kilo.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam approved more than 800 enterprises from 19 countries allowed to export pork to Vietnam.

The country imported more than 43,300 pigs for breeding, mainly from Thailand, Canada, the US, Denmark and Taiwan.

Currently, Vietnam has 27.3 million pigs, an increase of 21% over a year ago and equivalent to 88.7% of the time before ASF occurred.

- Vietnam Plus