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Bulletin No. 16 - Fall 2003
Miscelleanous- No Category
WINDHORST HW
Cost competitiveness of leading exporters
Pig Progress, 2003, Volume 19, N?4, 8-11
How a country like Denmark which accounts for less than 2% of global pig meat production and has higher costs of production than those of Canada and the USA, can be the leading pig meat exporting country? Various factors are reviewed. The Danes take advantage of better feed conversion rates, higher daily gains, higher numbers of live piglets born per sow and finishers slaughtered per sow. However, the world market is about to experience great changes and the growing competition from Asian countries and Spain may modify the import/export situation.
