16% increase in China's meat production
The National Bureau of Statistics of China has published data on meat production in 2021, which was 88.87 million tonnes, up by 16.3% from levels reached in 2020. Pig meat production is almost similar to levels reported in 2017, totaling 52.96 million tonnes, up 28.8% from the previous years and just 440,000 tonnes below production figures reported in 2017.
Beef production reached 6.98 million tonnes (+3.7%) and lamb stood at 5.14 million tonnes (+4.4%). Poultry meat production was 23.80 million tonnes (+0.8%).
Breeding pigs and sow numbers increased by 10.5% and 4.0%, respectively, compared to the end of 2020. At the same time, China reduced meat imports by 5.34%, totaling 9.38 million tonnes, with a clear drop in pork imports due to massive liquidation in its pig farms.
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