# Poultry Prices and China’s African Swine Fever - EMERGING

> African swine fever has spread across China and into Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia and reached Northern Ireland, with about 1.17 million pigs culled in China. Analysts estimate more than 300 million pigs in China may die by the end of 2019.

- Date: 2019-08-26 · published 2019-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57742-poultry-prices-and-china-s-african-swine-fever-emerging
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Large pork supply losses are pushing up global demand for other proteins, supporting poultry and meat prices and boosting import demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-03-28 | [African Swine Fever in China Helps Boost U.S. Hog Prices - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60239-african-swine-fever-in-china-helps-boost-u-s-hog-prices-farm-policy-news.md) | +2.1% | +12.7% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-24 | [African swine fever, trade war pain points for China \| 2018-10-24  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62546-african-swine-fever-trade-war-pain-points-for-china-2018-10-24-meat-poultry.md) | +3.1% | -0.5% |
| HOGS | 2023-03-17 | [China’s Latest Battle With African Swine Fever to Push Up Pork Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36846-china-s-latest-battle-with-african-swine-fever-to-push-up-pork-prices-bloomberg.md) | -3.8% | -9.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-11-09 | [China African Swine Fever: New Cases Reported Across Provinces](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61928-china-african-swine-fever-new-cases-reported-across-provinces.md) | -0.7% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- emerging.com: https://emerging.com/insights/supply-chain/poultry-prices-and-chinas-african-swine-fever

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