# Southeast Asia-Growing Meat Demand, Feedstuffs Imports - ProAg

> A USDA Economic Research Service article projects Southeast Asia will become the world's fastest-growing importer of soybean meal over the next decade, overtaking the EU by 2022. The article also notes ASF expansion into the region could curb imports.

- Date: 2019-04-25 · published 2019-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Southeast Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59705-southeast-asia-growing-meat-demand-feedstuffs-imports-proag
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Rising regional meat demand supports long-term soybean meal import growth, though ASF risk to pork output could temper that demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-07-11 | [FAS report shares growing demand for feed in China \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40470-fas-report-shares-growing-demand-for-feed-in-china-meat-poultry.md) | -7.9% | +4.5% |
| SBM | 2020-09-09 | [Feed demand increases China’s soybean imports \| 2020-09-09  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51186-feed-demand-increases-china-s-soybean-imports-2020-09-09-world-grain.md) | +2.3% | +15.3% |
| SBM | 2026-03-01 | [EU soyabean meal imports signal another year of strong demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20700-eu-soyabean-meal-imports-signal-another-year-of-strong-demand.md) | -0.1% | +1.0% |
| SBM | 2018-05-02 | [Growing pork demand, efficiency gains fuel pig production \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64998-growing-pork-demand-efficiency-gains-fuel-pig-production-feed-strategy.md) | -3.5% | -6.5% |
| SBM | 2017-08-01 | [Demand for oilseeds drives China’s soybean imports \| World-grain.com \| August 01, 2017 14:22 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69328-demand-for-oilseeds-drives-china-s-soybean-imports-world-grain-com-august-01.md) | -3.3% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/southeast-asia-growing-meat-demand-feedstuffs-imports/

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