# China's pork consumption has no more room to grow, says researcher | Reuters

> Reuters reports that a researcher expects China's pork imports to fall further in 2025 from last year's 1.07 million metric tons, while offal demand stays flat. China's imports of pork meat and offal already shrank 15.7% last year, a fourth consecutive annual decline. The researcher argues China's pork consumption has little room to grow.

- Date: 2025-02-24 · published 2025-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26032-china-s-pork-consumption-has-no-more-room-to-grow-says-researcher-reuters
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese pork imports reduce global demand for pork and indirectly for feed grains and meal used in hog production. The outlook points to softer import demand, which is mildly bearish for lean hog prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-04-03 | [More CME hog losses as China pork tariff hike remains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11972-more-cme-hog-losses-as-china-pork-tariff-hike-remains.md) | -2.7% | +15.6% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-11 | [U.S. Hog Futures React to U.S.-China Trade Tensions - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50299-u-s-hog-futures-react-to-u-s-china-trade-tensions-pork-business.md) | -0.6% | -3.0% |
| HOGS | 2022-03-25 | [China's hog farmers face long slog in return to profit \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42289-china-s-hog-farmers-face-long-slog-in-return-to-profit-reuters.md) | +0.3% | +4.7% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-22 | [China's Retaliation to Trump's Tariffs \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64584-china-s-retaliation-to-trump-s-tariffs-piie.md) | -0.2% | -12.9% |
| HOGS | 2020-06-01 | [China asks state firms to halt purchases of U.S. soybeans, pork, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52463-china-asks-state-firms-to-halt-purchases-of-u-s-soybeans-pork-sources-say.md) | -13.2% | -19.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/chinas-demand-pork-has-no-more-room-grow-says-researcher-2025-02-24/

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