# China’s Q2 pork output falls from a year ago

> China's pork output fell 3% year on year to 13.98 million tonnes in March-May, the second consecutive quarterly annual decline. Hog slaughter in the first half fell 3.1% as breeders held animals for fattening amid weak meat demand.

- Date: 2024-07-16 · published 2024-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29239-china-s-q2-pork-output-falls-from-a-year-ago
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese pork output reduces domestic hog slaughter and meal demand, but weak consumption and herd reduction efforts keep the outlook for feed demand subdued.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-01-18 | [China pork output edges up in 2017 from year before](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66979-china-pork-output-edges-up-in-2017-from-year-before.md) | +0.5% | +0.9% |
| HOGS | 2023-01-19 | [China’s 2022 pork output rises to highest in eight years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37766-china-s-2022-pork-output-rises-to-highest-in-eight-years.md) | -1.3% | +6.0% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-18 | [China's pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27859-china-s-pork-output-logs-third-year-on-year-quarterly-decline-the-pig-site.md) | +1.2% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2023-07-17 | [China's Q2 Pork Output Highest for the Period in at Least a Decade - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35027-china-s-q2-pork-output-highest-for-the-period-in-at-least-a-decade-pork-business.md) | +0.3% | +0.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-10-18 | [China posts highest Q3 pork output in three years as herd recovers \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44515-china-posts-highest-q3-pork-output-in-three-years-as-herd-recovers-financial.md) | -5.5% | -7.1% |
| SBM | 2023-01-19 | [China’s 2022 pork output rises to highest in eight years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37766-china-s-2022-pork-output-rises-to-highest-in-eight-years.md) | -2.5% | +1.9% |
| SBM | 2023-07-17 | [China's Q2 Pork Output Highest for the Period in at Least a Decade - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35027-china-s-q2-pork-output-highest-for-the-period-in-at-least-a-decade-pork-business.md) | +3.6% | +2.7% |
| SBM | 2021-10-18 | [China posts highest Q3 pork output in three years as herd recovers \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44515-china-posts-highest-q3-pork-output-in-three-years-as-herd-recovers-financial.md) | +2.5% | +10.4% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/chinas-q2-pork-output-falls-from-a-year-ago/

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