People's Republic of China - Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Report - 2009
The latest GAIN report from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Beijing forecasts China's pork production will continue rising in 2009 to 48.8 million tonnes. Higher pork production and lower prices will reduce 2009 pork imports by nearly half to 300,000 tonnes. Live swine imports are expected to fall 25 per cent from sharply higher levels in 2008 to under 9,000 head.