The disease has plagued China for years, with an initial wave during 2018 and 2019 killing millions of pigs and leading to a dramatic decline in meat output A surge in African swine fever ...

China is the world's largest consumer of pork. The proportion of global pork consumption and production accounted for by China exceeds half. As of January this year, the amount of pork imported ...

Beijing has worked hard since the trade war of Trump’s first term to make sure imports of American farm goods are not central to its supply, including by boosting domestic pork production, which makes ...

including by boosting domestic pork production, which makes up 97 percent of the Chinese market. This effort to be self-sufficient was complicated by an outbreak of swine fever in 2018 ...

"Pork to the Chinese culture is very important," Zhang ... "But with pigs, it takes eight to 10 months to increase production. Right now, I have more interest in my products than I have supply." ...

The 34% reciprocal tariff announced by China on Friday is in addition to the original 20% retaliatory tariff China issued in ...

China remains an important destination for ... produced in the U.S. Exports account for more than 25% of U.S. pork production and support more than 140,000 U.S. jobs. In 2024, U.S. pork producers ...

Cost control is one of the few levers available to WH Group to maximize profits, and the firm has achieved economies of scale in fresh pork production across China and the US. The availability of ...

when China banned Canadian pork, a move that sparked an industry-wide crisis. However, tariffs, import bans and volatile pricing are continual realities in global pork production. Those challenges ...