# Trump's trade war plunging demand for chicken as cheap pork fills the shelves
						 | The Poultry Site

> Reuters reports that US chicken demand is weakening as expanded pork and beef supplies, partly caused by trade disputes, lower prices for pork and beef in retail. Retaliatory duties of 62% in China and up to 20% in Mexico have cut US pork exports, and chicken producers are expected to lose money or break even in Q4 2018.

- Date: 2018-11-13 · published 2018-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62197-trump-s-trade-war-plunging-demand-for-chicken-as-cheap-pork-fills-the-shelves
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Trade-driven pork oversupply is pulling demand from chicken, which pressures broiler prices and margins and could reduce demand for soybean meal in poultry rations.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-07-17 | [Trade war leaves U.S. with mountain of cheap pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5212-trade-war-leaves-u-s-with-mountain-of-cheap-pork.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2021-05-31 | [Pork Prices Set To Plunge As Chinese Demand Evaporates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47250-pork-prices-set-to-plunge-as-chinese-demand-evaporates.md) | +2.1% | -6.1% |
| HOGS | 2025-04-26 | [Trump trade war sinking key commodity exports like pork and soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25130-trump-trade-war-sinking-key-commodity-exports-like-pork-and-soybeans.md) | +1.0% | +5.8% |
| HOGS | 2021-07-14 | [U.S. positioned for slowdown in China's pork demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46077-u-s-positioned-for-slowdown-in-china-s-pork-demand.md) | -3.5% | -1.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-16 | [Trade war, ASF disrupting US soybean, pork producers \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59080-trade-war-asf-disrupting-us-soybean-pork-producers-feed-strategy.md) | -0.4% | -8.9% |
| SBM | 2019-12-17 | [Brazilian soymeal headed for China
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55645-brazilian-soymeal-headed-for-china-the-poultry-site.md) | +0.0% | -0.4% |
| SBM | 2025-04-26 | [Trump trade war sinking key commodity exports like pork and soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25130-trump-trade-war-sinking-key-commodity-exports-like-pork-and-soybeans.md) | -0.6% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2019-03-02 | [As trade war wears on, U.S. soybean farmers start to worry that China's demand won't return](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60197-as-trade-war-wears-on-u-s-soybean-farmers-start-to-worry-that-china-s-demand.md) | -1.4% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2018/11/trumps-trade-war-plunging-demand-for-chicken-as-cheap-pork-fills-the-shelves

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