# China: Livestock and Products Annual | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> A USDA FAS attaché report forecasts China's 2023 pork imports at 1.85 million tonnes and breeding swine imports at 5,000 head, reflecting lower domestic hog and pork prices. Beef cattle production is forecast to rise to 52.575 million head and beef imports to fall to 2.5 million tonnes.

- Date: 2022-09-07 · published 2022-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39526-china-livestock-and-products-annual-usda-foreign-agricultural-service
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese pork and beef import forecasts reduce global meat demand and weigh on hog and cattle prices, while stronger domestic Chinese cattle supply reduces import needs.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-03-07 | [China: Livestock and Products Semi-Annual \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25572-china-livestock-and-products-semi-annual-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -0.5% | -0.0% |
| HOGS | 2023-02-09 | [Declining Crop Prices, Rising Production and Exports Highlight U.S. Agricultural Projections to 2032 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13299-declining-crop-prices-rising-production-and-exports-highlight-u-s-agricultural.md) | +7.7% | +10.0% |
| HOGS | 2021-06-16 | [U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on new China stats - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46562-u-s-livestock-hogs-limit-down-on-new-china-stats-agcanada.md) | -6.5% | -6.5% |
| HOGS | 2024-04-19 | [Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30731-ministry-of-agriculture-and-rural-affairs-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china.md) | +0.4% | +2.5% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-12 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cut in beef production estimate - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62669-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-rise-on-cut-in-beef-production-estimate-agcanada.md) | -14.1% | -14.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-03-05 | [Higher protein production forecast pressures prices for livestock producers \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65941-higher-protein-production-forecast-pressures-prices-for-livestock-producers.md) | -0.1% | -6.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-05 | [ABARES forecasts agricultural production to fall $16b this financial year due to dry conditions in spring - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32670-abares-forecasts-agricultural-production-to-fall-16b-this-financial-year-due-to.md) | -1.4% | +1.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-09-01 | [Beef and veal \| Agricultural Commodities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39529-beef-and-veal-agricultural-commodities.md) | +0.3% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/china-livestock-and-products-annual-5

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