# Giant Pork Pile Awaits Americans as Trade Wars Risk Exports - Bloomberg

> Bloomberg reports U.S. pork production is poised to reach an all-time high in 2018 and rise again in 2019. Tariffs from China and Mexico threaten to curb export demand, leaving more pork at home.

- Date: 2018-07-13 · published 2018-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64196-giant-pork-pile-awaits-americans-as-trade-wars-risk-exports-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Record output with threatened export outlets pushes domestic pork values lower, making pork cheaper for feed-linked buyers. Losing export demand is the key downside driver for hog prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-07-16 | 1 | -8.0% | -8.0 | Published 2018-07-13, just before the drop, it highlights record US pork output and tariff-threatened exports, which would push more pork onto the domestic market and weigh on hog futures. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-02-06 | [Pork Prices Spiral Lower Amid Trade War - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60735-pork-prices-spiral-lower-amid-trade-war-bloomberg.md) | -1.9% | -1.2% |
| 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 | 2018-07-17 | [Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5216-trade-war-puts-the-hoof-into-u-s-pig-part-exports-to-china.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-29 | [Soybean, pork farmers hurt most by trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62549-soybean-pork-farmers-hurt-most-by-trade-war.md) | -0.1% | -4.8% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-13/giant-pork-pile-awaits-americans-as-trade-wars-threaten-exports

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