Meat export will be in even grimmer situation next year

At present, concerned officials of the Commercial Department estimate that Meat export will be in even grimmer situation next year. First, that foreign countries impose restrictions on Chinese meat export is still the obstacle to Chinese meat export. At present, EU announces a ban on the import of Chinese poultry products; Japan and Korea stop importing poultry meat such as frozen chicken from China; Russia put a ban on meat products from China all of a sudden in September, all of these will restrict and affect Chinese meat products to resume and expand export. Secondly, since the end of last year, raw material price of corn, soybean mal, feed additive and animal medicine rises by large range, which increases the export cost of meat products. Export competitive force of Chinese meat products will be affected.
Meat import pressure continues to be greater, and import will continue to increase. On one hand, consumption demand of domestic meat still continues to increase, and demand for the imported meat will continue to increase. On the other hand, China lifts a ban on importing frozen chicken from America, South America countries such as Chile and Argentina also lift a ban on imported meat products, therefore, it is estimated that imported meat products will further increase next year.
According to analysis, from January to October 2004, total import and export quota of Chinese meat products is $2070000000, in which export quota is $1480000000, rising by 10.7% compared to the same period; import quota is about $590000000, falling by 13.2% compared to the same period. It can be seen that in recent 2 years, Chinese meat products export have resumed and increased, while import fluctuates a lot.
Source: www.chinafeed.info