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A commentary on China's pork market describes a long downturn, with wholesale pork at about C¥14.40 per kg on 17 April. Farmers face losses above C¥300 per pig, and large co-operatives sell below break-even.
Oversupply from a high 2025 breeding sow herd and falling pork share of meat consumption are the main causes.
A prolonged Chinese hog slump keeps global pork and hog prices under pressure. Slow capacity exit means the oversupply may persist, limiting near-term price recovery.
policycn.comApr 22, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
