# Poultry Quarterly Q2 2019: China and trade restrictions key drivers for an improving, but volatile global outlook
						 | The Poultry Site

> Rabobank's Q2 2019 poultry quarterly says global poultry trade conditions are gradually improving as demand rises, especially from China. African swine fever is expected to create a protein shortage in China, with poultry as the main substitute. Prices fell from Q2 to Q4 2018 after oversupply and trade restrictions.

- Date: 2019-03-24 · published 2019-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60245-poultry-quarterly-q2-2019-china-and-trade-restrictions-key-drivers-for-an
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Expected Chinese demand for poultry as a pork substitute supports global chicken prices and could lift demand for feed grains and meal used by poultry producers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2019/03/poultry-quarterly-q2-2019-china-and-trade-restrictions-key-drivers-for-an-improving-but-volatile-global-outlook

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