# China Brief | Edition 048: Cargill beef banned but other exports see gains Canada West FoundationCanada West Foundation

> China partially banned beef products from several countries, including Cargill's High River plant in Canada, citing COVID-19. Brazil also faces a partial pork ban, and canola and soybean trade with Canada has suffered from ongoing disputes while Canadian wheat and barley exports to China rose.

- Date: 2020-07-13 · published 2020-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52095-china-brief-edition-048-cargill-beef-banned-but-other-exports-see-gains-canada
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese import restrictions on Brazilian pork and beef reduce meat demand and may weigh on feed demand for cattle and hogs, while higher Canadian wheat and barley shipments to China support those grain markets.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-06-03 | [China suspends Brazilian beef imports due to BSE - International Leather Maker](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58722-china-suspends-brazilian-beef-imports-due-to-bse-international-leather-maker.md) | -0.7% | -1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-12-31 | [Weekly global protein digest: China's tariff adjustment, S. Korea suspends Canadian beef imports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43550-weekly-global-protein-digest-china-s-tariff-adjustment-s-korea-suspends.md) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-01-15 | [Foot and mouth outbreak to impact beef exports - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61044-foot-and-mouth-outbreak-to-impact-beef-exports-moneyweb.md) | +0.5% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-29 | [China’s coronavirus outbreak will impact beef and cattle trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55036-china-s-coronavirus-outbreak-will-impact-beef-and-cattle-trade-beef-central.md) | -1.1% | -4.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-11 | [The Year of the Pig Will Be a Pig of a Year for China's Hogs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61088-the-year-of-the-pig-will-be-a-pig-of-a-year-for-china-s-hogs-caixin-global.md) | -1.4% | -7.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-03-15 | [China’s beef herd to grow, on the back of high meat prices - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48053-china-s-beef-herd-to-grow-on-the-back-of-high-meat-prices-beef-central.md) | +2.7% | +13.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-06-06 | [China boosts beef imports as killer hog virus blights pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58567-china-boosts-beef-imports-as-killer-hog-virus-blights-pork.md) | -1.3% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- cwf.ca: https://cwf.ca/research/publications/china-brief-edition-048-cargill-beef-banned-but-other-exports-see-gains/

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