# China’s slumping pork prices: Impacts on the stakeholders
						 | The Pig Site

> Analyst Angela Zhang explains that China's pork prices have fallen to historic lows, with live hog prices down 51% from their May 2016 peak. The drop is attributed to large public breeders expanding capacity and restocking pigs after small farms were closed under environmental policy.

- Date: 2018-07-03 · published 2018-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64013-china-s-slumping-pork-prices-impacts-on-the-stakeholders-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Low hog prices and expanding herds signal weaker producer margins and potentially slower hog expansion, which can reduce feed demand over time, though the effect is gradual.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2018/07/chinas-slumping-pork-prices-impacts-on-the-stakeholders-1

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