# Chinese pork demand falling – China Economic Review

> Pork demand in China has fallen for three years, with sales hitting three-year lows of 40.85 million tonnes in 2016 according to Euromonitor. Consumers are shifting toward vegetables in products like frozen dumplings, while Chinese hog farmers keep expanding large modern farms.

- Date: 2017-06-19 · published 2017-06-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70486-chinese-pork-demand-falling-china-economic-review
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Weakening Chinese pork demand is bearish for hog prices and pork import demand, while the expanding Chinese herd adds to supply pressure.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- chinaeconomicreview.com: https://chinaeconomicreview.com/chinese-pork-demand-falling/

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