# Global poultry demand strengthened by ASF - Pig World

> African swine fever in China is expected to lift demand for poultry, with the USDA forecasting Chinese chicken imports rising nearly 70% this year. Chinese fresh and frozen poultry imports rose 40% year on year in the first quarter, while breeding stock supply remains constrained.

- Date: 2019-05-31 · published 2019-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59230-global-poultry-demand-strengthened-by-asf-pig-world
- 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

Stronger Chinese import demand for chicken supports global poultry prices and the feed needed to produce it. Limited breeding stock may cap the pace of supply growth.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-01-14 | [ASF drives global poultry market in 2020 \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55242-asf-drives-global-poultry-market-in-2020-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-01-21 | [China rebuilds swine herd; poultry, aqua demand grows \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55069-china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows-feed-strategy.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2019-11-30 | [Chicken is the top global protein thanks to ASF \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56214-chicken-is-the-top-global-protein-thanks-to-asf-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2020-10-06 | [ASF gap in China drives global protein inflation
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50592-asf-gap-in-china-drives-global-protein-inflation-the-pig-site.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| CORN | 2019-10-02 | [ASF outside China has global implications \| 2019-10-02  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56456-asf-outside-china-has-global-implications-2019-10-02-meat-poultry.md) | +2.2% | -1.0% |
| SBM | 2020-01-14 | [ASF drives global poultry market in 2020 \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55242-asf-drives-global-poultry-market-in-2020-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +0.0% | -2.7% |
| SBM | 2020-01-21 | [China rebuilds swine herd; poultry, aqua demand grows \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55069-china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows-feed-strategy.md) | -0.9% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2019-04-30 | [ASF sparks uncertainty in the global meat industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59734-asf-sparks-uncertainty-in-the-global-meat-industry-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | -1.8% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- pig-world.co.uk: https://www.pig-world.co.uk/news/global-poultry-demand-strengthened-by-asf.html

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