# How swine fever could benefit the global aquaculture trade | The Fish Site

> Rabobank analyst Gorjan Nikolik says African swine fever is cutting pork output in China and could reduce China's pork production by up to 10 percent. He expects seafood and other animal proteins to gain demand as China seeks substitutes.

- Date: 2019-03-22 · published 2019-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60166-how-swine-fever-could-benefit-the-global-aquaculture-trade-the-fish-site
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Chinese pork supply raises demand for alternative animal proteins, supporting fishmeal and other feed-protein prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-10-09 | [How China’s swine fever epidemic turned into a global crisis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56708-how-china-s-swine-fever-epidemic-turned-into-a-global-crisis.md) | +9.2% | +4.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-07-03 | [Swine fever: How is Asia coping with the outbreak?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57973-swine-fever-how-is-asia-coping-with-the-outbreak.md) | -2.7% | +8.6% |
| 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 | 2018-10-24 | [Lean hog prices vanquish swine fever jitters
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62680-lean-hog-prices-vanquish-swine-fever-jitters-the-pig-site.md) | +3.1% | -0.5% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-26 | [African Swine Fever, trade disputes to disrupt global pork market - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62688-african-swine-fever-trade-disputes-to-disrupt-global-pork-market-high-plains.md) | +0.9% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- thefishsite.com: https://thefishsite.com/articles/how-african-swine-fever-could-benefit-the-global-aquaculture-trade

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