# Quarterly China pork report by IQC Insights - Q1 2018
						 | The Pig Site

> IQC Insights reports that China's domestic pig slaughter rose 37.2% year on year in February 2018, while sow and live hog inventories fell to historic lows. Pork imports fell 35% year on year in February, and hog-breeding margins turned sharply negative in March.

- Date: 2018-05-09 · published 2018-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64996-quarterly-china-pork-report-by-iqc-insights-q1-2018-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy slaughter alongside shrinking breeding herds signals a cyclical downturn in Chinese pork output, with lower import demand reducing global pork and feed-meal demand.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-11-22 | [China pork report by IQC Insights: Q3 2018
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62038-china-pork-report-by-iqc-insights-q3-2018-the-pig-site.md) | -0.5% | +1.6% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-18 | [China's pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27859-china-s-pork-output-logs-third-year-on-year-quarterly-decline-the-pig-site.md) | +1.2% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2022-03-15 | [USDA GAIN Report: China pig production to exceed 2021 levels, prices remain low in 2022
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42292-usda-gain-report-china-pig-production-to-exceed-2021-levels-prices-remain-low.md) | -0.1% | -1.9% |
| HOGS | 2023-10-18 | [China third-quarter pork output hits highest in at least a decade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33613-china-third-quarter-pork-output-hits-highest-in-at-least-a-decade.md) | -2.8% | +0.8% |
| HOGS | 2017-07-26 | [Rabobank: Pork Quarterly Q3 2017 published](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69946-rabobank-pork-quarterly-q3-2017-published.md) | -2.2% | -15.8% |

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2018/05/quarterly-china-pork-report-by-iqc-insights-q1-2018-1

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