# Hog Traders Eye China's Swine Fever

> Chinese authorities ordered a ban on live hog transport in affected provinces and halted live hog market activity after African swine fever was confirmed in five official cases. Bulgaria also reported its first ASF case, and Romania has seen hundreds of cases this summer.

- Date: 2018-08-31 · published 2018-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63549-hog-traders-eye-china-s-swine-fever
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Market commentary suggests the outbreaks are unlikely to reduce global pork supply much, but the headlines can lift US hog futures on a perceived worldwide outbreak.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: 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 | 2019-08-01 | [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% |
| 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 | 2018-11-29 | [China mulls stockpiling pork to support farmers hit by swine fever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62040-china-mulls-stockpiling-pork-to-support-farmers-hit-by-swine-fever.md) | -1.2% | +0.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-03 | [FEATURE-Swine fever outbreak may bury China's small pig farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60583-feature-swine-fever-outbreak-may-bury-china-s-small-pig-farmers.md) | -1.5% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/markets/analysis/hog-traders-eye-chinas-swine-fever

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