China’s red meat manufacturing in 2023 totaled 57.94 million lots, an building up of two.53 million lots or 4.6%.
In 2023, 726.62 million pigs had been bought national, an building up of 26.68 million heads or 3.8% over the former 12 months. The selection of pigs bought within the first, 2d, 3rd, and fourth quarters was once 198.99 million, 176.49 million, 161.75 million, and 189.39 million, respectively, a year-on-year building up of one.7%, 3.7%, 4.7%, and 5.4% respectively.
On the finish of 2023, the pig stock national was once 434.22 million head, a lower of 18.33 million head or 4.1% from the tip of the former 12 months. Integrated on this quantity are 41.42 million sows, a lower of two.48 million, or 5.7%.
Pig costs remained low in 2023, with pig manufacturer costs falling via 14.0% year-on-year.
January 18, 2024/ Nationwide Bureau of Statistics/ China.
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