# How China’s swine fever epidemic turned into a global crisis

> China's African swine fever outbreak has reduced its pork supply and pushed global meat prices higher. The article examines how the disease spread from a domestic animal health problem into an international market issue.

- Date: 2019-10-09 · published 2019-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56708-how-china-s-swine-fever-epidemic-turned-into-a-global-crisis
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

A shortage of pork in China increases import demand and lifts global meat prices, which supports hog prices and pulls feed demand toward alternative protein sources.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-08-31 | [Hog Traders Eye China's Swine Fever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63549-hog-traders-eye-china-s-swine-fever.md) | +7.0% | +28.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-22 | [How swine fever could benefit the global aquaculture trade \| The Fish Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60166-how-swine-fever-could-benefit-the-global-aquaculture-trade-the-fish-site.md) | +6.9% | +20.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-08-01 | [Poultry prices up amid swine fever in China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57732-poultry-prices-up-amid-swine-fever-in-china.md) | -0.8% | -15.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-11-23 | [China Breeding Sow Stock Rises in October for First Time Since Swine Fever Outbreak - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56058-china-breeding-sow-stock-rises-in-october-for-first-time-since-swine-fever.md) | -2.8% | +6.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-06-06 | [China’s African swine fever outbreak is unprecedented \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58463-china-s-african-swine-fever-outbreak-is-unprecedented-vox.md) | -1.3% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- qz.com: https://qz.com/1722187/chinas-swine-fever-outbreak-is-sending-global-meat-prices-soaring

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