# How coronavirus is affecting China’s poultry industry | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> COVID-19 has not infected poultry but has disrupted China's broiler and egg industries. Movement restrictions and paralyzed supply chains have left large inventories and falling prices, reversing the strong growth expected after African swine fever boosted chicken demand.

- Date: 2020-03-31 · published 2020-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54277-how-coronavirus-is-affecting-china-s-poultry-industry-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Oversupply of chicken and eggs in China lowers domestic prices and reduces import demand for feed inputs, a bearish signal for feed buyers tied to Chinese poultry demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-03-24 | [Experts weigh in on the impact of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72001-experts-weigh-in-on-the-impact-of-avian-influenza-on-the-poultry-industry.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2020-03-20 | [How coronavirus, bird flu and rumours to stay off non-veg hit poultry industry hard in India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54159-how-coronavirus-bird-flu-and-rumours-to-stay-off-non-veg-hit-poultry-industry.md) | -0.6% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2021-01-13 | [Indian poultry market hit by avian flu scares \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49147-indian-poultry-market-hit-by-avian-flu-scares-wattpoultry-com.md) | +2.0% | +7.5% |
| CORN | 2020-02-18 | [India's poultry sales decline amid coronavirus rumors linked to chickens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54753-india-s-poultry-sales-decline-amid-coronavirus-rumors-linked-to-chickens.md) | -1.7% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2016-12-13 | [Cost of Ukrainian avian flu outbreak high \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73622-cost-of-ukrainian-avian-flu-outbreak-high-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | -1.7% | +0.0% |
| SBM | 2017-03-24 | [Experts weigh in on the impact of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72001-experts-weigh-in-on-the-impact-of-avian-influenza-on-the-poultry-industry.md) | -1.8% | -3.5% |
| SBM | 2020-03-20 | [How coronavirus, bird flu and rumours to stay off non-veg hit poultry industry hard in India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54159-how-coronavirus-bird-flu-and-rumours-to-stay-off-non-veg-hit-poultry-industry.md) | +2.6% | -8.4% |
| SBM | 2021-01-13 | [Indian poultry market hit by avian flu scares \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49147-indian-poultry-market-hit-by-avian-flu-scares-wattpoultry-com.md) | -3.0% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15530478/how-coronavirus-is-affecting-chinas-poultry-industry-wattagnet

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