Saturday, May 26, 2018

A world shrimp market in transition

After a 3% rise in February, the EU'S pork exports in March declined 8% to 190,300 tonnes compared with the same month last year, AHDB Pork reported, citing the latest data from Eurostat.

Saturday, May 19, 2018

A world shrimp market in transition

A former top exporter is now its largest importer. Together with two suppliers that were irrelevant ten years ago, they define the world shrimp trade's supply and demand.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

US, EU vie for dominance in South Korea pork market

The US is closing in on the EU for supremacy in the South Korean pork market, as the former shipped 50,400 tonnes of pig meat in the first quarter, an increase of over 30% over year-earlier levels.

Saturday, May 5, 2018

China's broiler sector: Bottomed out, but with no turnaround in sight

Bird flu is under control but without a resumption of AA grandparent imports and restructuring of broiler population genetics, profits, production and productivity will remain far below their potential.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Global aquaculture market to reach US$209.42 billion by 2021

The global aquaculture market is expected to reach a value of US$209.42 billion in 2021 from just US$156.27 billion in 2015, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 5% between 2016 and 2021.

Saturday, April 21, 2018

New buyers and sellers in the world beef market

American and Australian exports surge as India's star fades with Brazil poised to rise. China, MENA become top importers amid US beef self-sufficiency, stagnant Japanese demand.

Saturday, April 14, 2018

China's beef imports seen to rise as demand outpaced by production

China's expected 1% increase in beef production this year to 7.35 million tonnes won't be enough to meet the expected 3% increase in domestic demand to 8.4 million tonnes - thus, leading to higher imports, the latest forecast of the USDA said.

Saturday, April 7, 2018

The tariff and the damage done: The impact of China's 25% import duty on US pork

Import smuggling, possible concessions to Chinese owned US integrators cannot prevent market share losses to European competitors, a flattening of US exports amid bloated inventories.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Revival, challenges and opportunities in Russia's dairy sector

Will Russian dairy farms finally enjoy the same V-shaped, import substitution powered recovery already enjoyed by the country's sector? With sufficient investment in farm size, scale and feed quality, high-end dairy commodity production could boom.

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Sales of processed pig meat products in EU gain headway

Purchases of processed pig meat products in the EU posted growth in market value in 2017, while fresh pork also showed signs of improving in southern Europe, but continued to struggle further north, according to AHDB Pork.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Vietnam shrimp exports rise 22.3% in 2017; growth seen to continue in 2018

Reoccurrences of bird flu were reported in three continents the past fortnight. The following report contains an overview of the disease situations.

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Brazil beef, pork production forecast for 2018 revised upward

Several factors including an expanding consumption of animal proteins that goes with a growing economy have led to an upward revision of the US Department of Agriculture's forecast of increase for both beef and pork production in Brazil this year.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Russia's swine sector and the limits of import substitution

2018's pork consumption is lower than it was in 2013 but pork production has increased by 25% in five years. While this strategy is not sustainable, a new value-added chapter is just beginning.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Recovery, revision and revised expectations for world shrimp farming

Shrimp farming is flourishing in some regions, languishing in others. Official statistics have lost touch with reality and overall output is far below predicted long-term levels.

Saturday, February 3, 2018

China imported less pork in 2017; domestic production up 2%

Chinese fresh/frozen pork imports in 2017 fell drastically by 25% to just over 1.2 million tonnes from the previous year, reflecting the ongoing recovery in Chinese domestic production.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Slowdown in pork demand, production, imports in Russia

Pork demand in Russia is waning and, coincidentally, production is also slowing down and likewise imports.

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Thailand, Argentina & Turkey: A tale of three tier 2 broiler suppliers

For niche suppliers, an abundance of raw inputs does not always translate into a competitive advantage. Marketing, value-added processing and just plain luck play important roles.

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Thailand, Argentina & Turkey: A tale of three tier 2 broiler suppliers

For niche suppliers, an abundance of raw inputs does not always translate into a competitive advantage. Marketing, value-added processing and just plain luck play important roles.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

China, bird flu and chicken meat's supply-side dilemmas

For the first time in decades, chicken production is growing more slowly than that of red meat. -But when China's unique predicament is factored out, the industry continues to expand at a healthy 3%+ rate. Will supply rebound and satisfy healthy demand growth fundamentals?

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Low output, steady demand keep prices of farmed shrimp up

Global farmed shrimp supplies were low during the first half of 2017, which was in keeping up with the low to moderate demand in the traditional and emerging markets, according to Globefish, the FAO's fish-trade site.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Vietnam: A rising aquaculture star at cross roads

A large coastline, untapped resources and successful exporter confronted by disease, trade barriers and food safety issues. The early 2000s hyper-boom is over but growth can be sustained in the 3% to 5% range -if an intelligent approach is taken.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

China's broiler sector: Minimising the downtrend amid a Latin American windfall

Molting, layer culling and China breed broilers all play a role in sustaining production. As supply falls faster than demand, Brazil is the main beneficiary.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Brazil pork exports fall in Q3 amid dwindling shipments to China

Brazilian pork exports in the third quarter fell 7% to 160,200 tonnes, compared with the same period last year when it reached record levels.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Red, white, pork and blue: Why the United States continues to dominate the world pork market

Brazil may have lower feed costs and Canada a lower dollar but pork requires intelligent farm management as much as it does cheap inputs.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Rebound interrupted: Australian beef output, trade returns to its long-term plateau

World beef exports have risen by 3.4% annually since 2012 but nature, Latin competition prevent the former top supplier from taking advantage of rising demand.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

China transitions from export-driven seafood producer to leading importer

Dwindling water resources, urbanization, cheap imports constrain supply growth, but demand keeps rising. This is transforming China from a top seafood exporter to its largest importer.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

EU pork exports continue slide in August

A fall in trade with China has taken a toll on EU fresh/frozen pork exports as they declined 11% in August to 160,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year, according to AHDB Pork. The decline has continued since April.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

When everything goes right: Thai broiler exports exceed expectations as consumption growth recovers

If the 2000s were a time when everything went wrong for Thai broiler integrators, the 2010s have seen everything go right.

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Global fish production forecast to grow 1% in 2017

Reoccurrences of H5N8 were detected in Taiwan and Italy this week. The following report contains an overview of the disease situations.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

One hungry dragon: How China became the red meat king

Ten years ago, China imported almost no beef or pork. Today, it buys more beef than Japan and more pork than the combined imports all other East Asian countries.