# China chicken prices jump on supply shortage as consumers swap poultry for pricey pork | South China Morning Post

> Chicken prices in China are surging as consumers substitute poultry for pricey pork while farmers cull pig herds to contain African swine fever. Chicken supply is already short, with imports from the US and France banned since 2016 over bird flu.

- Date: 2019-04-27 · published 2019-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59731-china-chicken-prices-jump-on-supply-shortage-as-consumers-swap-poultry-for
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger demand for chicken amid a shortage pushes poultry prices higher, supporting chicken as a feed-protein and tightening the broader meat complex while pork supply falls.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-12-25 | [African swine fever: China’s chicken farmers feeling the pinch as pork crisis takes toll on poultry industry \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55714-african-swine-fever-china-s-chicken-farmers-feeling-the-pinch-as-pork-crisis.md) | +0.2% | -0.2% |
| HOGS | 2019-08-26 | [Poultry Prices and China’s African Swine Fever - EMERGING](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57742-poultry-prices-and-china-s-african-swine-fever-emerging.md) | -0.4% | -9.1% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-01 | [Pigs fly: China pork producers surge as swine disease cuts supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60094-pigs-fly-china-pork-producers-surge-as-swine-disease-cuts-supply.md) | +1.7% | +35.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-17 | [China warns of soaring pork prices as virus curbs output](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7158-china-warns-of-soaring-pork-prices-as-virus-curbs-output.md) | +1.3% | -1.0% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3007912/china-chicken-prices-jump-supply-shortage-consumers-swap

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