Lyle Jones

After bottoming out at 13.76 yuan/kg., ($0.96/lb.) in the fourth week of June, China’s pig prices quickly rebounded to 15.58 yuan/kg ($1.09/lb.), but have flatted out since, with only slight fluctuations.

China Pig and Pork prices have dropped for 20 consecutive weeks, triggering a third level alert by the National Development and Reform Commission. The recently formed commission aims to alert producers to make changes in…

What is the current Market Outlook in China? There are a lot of confusing circumstances in China's pork industry at this moment as one only has to take a look at the chart below depicting the evolution of up and down pri…

Chinese New Year and the all-important Spring Festival has come and now gone with people slowly returning to work. As is normal during this time of celebration and increased demand, the slaughter pig price trended upward…

As the world's largest pig producer and pork consumer, China has ushered in the hog futures trade! On the evening of December 11, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) set the launch date of hog futures on Ja…

Live Pig and Pork Prices According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of live pigs in the China market is increasing. At the same time, live pig prices have been decreasing over the past 12 weeks. The curre…

China Live Pig and Pork Price Trends China’s live slaughter pig and wholesale pork prices are once again on the rise after a steady decline following a drop off after Spring Festival. The downward trend in prices occurre…

The live pig price dropped from 38.3 RMB/kg ($2.44/lb.) in February at Chinese New Year to 30.1RMB/kg ($1.92/lb.) at this moment in May, down 21.2 percent. The wholesale pork prices have fallen slightly for 13 straight w…

The first reported case of ASF broke on August 3, 2018, in China. Despite significant losses of production, the slaughter pig price remained stable during the first half of 2019 as a result of increased flow to slaughter…

Market Conditions:In China, the price for Pork normally rises and is greatest during the month prior to the Chinese New Year. However as indicated in the chart below, there was no sharp rise in pork prices this year due …

If you are a pork producer or allied industry supplier doing business in China, 2019 was a year you might rather like to forget.

PhilippinesAs of 1 October 2019, the total inventory of swine in the country was estimated at 13.01 million heads. This represents a decrease of 0.9 percent compared with the previous year’s stocks of 13.13 million heads…

We are back in China this week to participate in the 8th Leman China Swine Conference & 2019 World Swine Industry Expo being held October 19-21, 2019 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

China’s pig inventory numbers have declined by 32.2 percent in July compared to the same month one year ago according to the most recent MARA report.

With all the challenges of ASF, we find the Chinese producers steadfast in their determination. We commend the Chinese people and their resilience in combating this unfortunate disease.

Lyle Jones, Genesus provides an update on the Chinese pork market.

During a recent visit of customers and clients in China we offer the following observations: