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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 03:30 PM Dec 2019

US pork industry sees $25 billion China market without tariffs

U.S. pork producers see a potential $24.5 billion market in China within 10 years if the Trump administration can gain unrestricted trade access after the Asian country’s hog herd has been devastated by disease.

The National Pork Producers Council released the forecast on Tuesday as they pressed the Trump administration to emphasize access for pork products in ongoing talks with Beijing for a partial trade agreement.

The spread of African swine fever has ravaged China’s hog herd and by September had driven up the price of pork more than 69% from a year earlier. The meat is a staple in the Chinese diet. While American exports have climbed amid the Chinese protein gap, meat suppliers in Brazil have seen even stronger demand.

“The U.S. pork industry is missing out on an unprecedented sales opportunity in China when it most needs an affordable, safe and reliable supply of its favored protein,” David Herring, president of the producer association and a hog farmer from Lillington, North Carolina, said in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-pork-industry-sees-dollar25-billion-china-market-without-tariffs/ar-BBXli1h?li=BBnbfcN

Maybe you guys shouldn't have voted for tariffman.

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US pork industry sees $25 billion China market without tariffs (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 OP
African swine fever will spread to the US. roamer65 Dec 2019 #1
Maybe they're missing an economic opportunity but 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #2
a few million ... stillcool Dec 2019 #3

3Hotdogs

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2. Maybe they're missing an economic opportunity but
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 04:42 PM
Dec 2019

they're helping make 'merica great again.

They should be prowd, like them fellers in N.Y., The Prowd Boys.

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