Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian pork industry members are headed to Japan on a trade mission this week as Canada supplants the U.S. as Japan’s top pork supplier.
Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier
China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s pig industry representatives will gather next week in Beijing to discuss ways to reduce breeding sow numbers by a million as part of a push to tackle over-capacity and stabilize prices.
Canadian pork consumption saw sharp drop in 2024
Reduced demand a challenge for an industry facing U.S. tariffs and recovering from recent low revenue years
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pork consumption in Canada dropped sharply in 2024 as price inflation reduced its appeal as a budget-friendly protein, Farm Credit Canada said in a recent report.
China’s pork consumption has no more room to grow, says researcher
Reading Time: < 1 minute There is no more room for growth in Chinese pork consumption in the near future, Zhu Zengyong, a researcher with the state-backed Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said on Monday.
Pork representatives meet with parliamentarians
Reading Time: < 1 minute Representatives from the Canadian Meat Council and the Canadian Pork Council met with parliamentarians as well as government and industry officials in Ottawa earlier this week.
China’s pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline
Reading Time: < 1 minute China's pork production in the third quarter fell 0.8 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, falling on an annual basis for a third consecutive quarter as poor meat consumption hampered slaughter rates.
Russian pork producers target EU’s share of China’s pork market
Reading Time: 3 minutes Russian pork producers are aiming to capture ten per cent of China's pork import market in the coming years from a standing start, seeking to take advantage of trade tensions between the European Union and China, the world's biggest pork consumer.
China singles out Danish, Dutch, Spanish firms in anti-dumping probe
Reading Time: 2 minutes China on Thursday named Danish Crown A/S, as well as Dutch and Spanish pork firms as targets in an anti-dumping probe into European Union pork imports, as Beijing steps up pressure against the bloc's curbs on its electric vehicle exports.
China may take provisional anti-dumping steps against EU pork imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has opened an investigation into EU pork and its by-products, a step that appears mainly aimed at Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles.
Rival pork exporters could benefit from China-EU trade tensions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pork suppliers from South America and the U.S. could gain market share in China if Beijing restricts imports from the European Union in response to escalating trade tensions, traders and analysts said.
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