# China lockdown sends ripples across international animal production - EW Nutrition

> Wuhan and Hubei lockdowns from January 2020 disrupted Chinese poultry production, as transport limits stopped soybean meal reaching farms and forced culling of young birds. China then lifted the ban on US live chicken imports to ease a protein shortage, which was compounded by African swine fever's cut to the hog herd.

- Date: 2020-04-06 · published 2020-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53957-china-lockdown-sends-ripples-across-international-animal-production-ew-nutrition
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese import demand for chicken and pork is rising to fill the domestic protein gap, which supports feed demand and export flows for US and other feed grains and meals. The shift also points to firmer prices for meat exports.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-23 | [China’s grain auction and meat production patterns point to rising imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46074-china-s-grain-auction-and-meat-production-patterns-point-to-rising-imports.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [China’s feed production rises, soybean meal consumption falls](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23726-china-s-feed-production-rises-soybean-meal-consumption-falls.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2017-11-06 | [Chinese Corn, Sorghum And DDGS Team Investigates U.S. Production And Quality - América Latina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67863-chinese-corn-sorghum-and-ddgs-team-investigates-u-s-production-and-quality.md) | -4.4% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-02-21 | [China proposes to buy $30 billion more in U.S. ag products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60475-china-proposes-to-buy-30-billion-more-in-u-s-ag-products.md) | -0.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-11-06 | [U.S. fuel ethanol exports rise on strong international demand and low U.S. prices -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27408-u-s-fuel-ethanol-exports-rise-on-strong-international-demand-and-low-u-s-prices.md) | +1.3% | -1.9% |
| SBM | 2019-09-13 | [China adds some US farm products for additional tariff exemption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56923-china-adds-some-us-farm-products-for-additional-tariff-exemption.md) | -1.3% | +2.7% |
| SBM | 2017-12-29 | [Slower production growth in China to drive increased animal protein imports in 2018 \| Agrifish  \| POST Online Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67466-slower-production-growth-in-china-to-drive-increased-animal-protein-imports-in.md) | +2.0% | +8.2% |
| SBM | 2019-08-16 | [China's animal feed push for self-reliance as trade war intensifies - CGTN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57648-china-s-animal-feed-push-for-self-reliance-as-trade-war-intensifies-cgtn.md) | +0.7% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- ew-nutrition.com: https://ew-nutrition.com/us/china-lockdown-sends-ripples-across-international-animal-production/

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