# <Article>2016 pork output falls</Article>

> China's 2016 pork output fell 3.4 percent year on year to 52.99 million tons, its lowest since 2011, according to the National Statistics Bureau. Beef output rose 2.4 percent to a decade high of 7.2 million tons as farmers slaughtered dairy cows, and lamb and poultry output also increased.

- Date: 2017-01-23 · published 2017-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72995-article-2016-pork-output-falls-article
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Chinese pork supply supports hog prices and drives more import demand, while higher beef and poultry output adds competing protein supply that may weigh on cattle and chicken prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-01-20 | [China 2018 pork output surprises to downside, falls 0.9 per cent - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61090-china-2018-pork-output-surprises-to-downside-falls-0-9-per-cent-the-business.md) | -2.3% | -4.0% |
| HOGS | 2020-01-17 | [China's 2019 pork output plunges to 16-year low as disease culls herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54965-china-s-2019-pork-output-plunges-to-16-year-low-as-disease-culls-herd.md) | +2.2% | -11.6% |
| HOGS | 2024-04-16 | [China pork output marks first quarterly decline in four years - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30730-china-pork-output-marks-first-quarterly-decline-in-four-years-grainews.md) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| HOGS | 2025-02-27 | [Pork Industry Outlook Improving in 2025, Cook Says - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26200-pork-industry-outlook-improving-in-2025-cook-says-pork-business.md) | -1.7% | -0.4% |
| HOGS | 2024-03-06 | [China pork market update: Challenges of 2023 to roll into 2024 \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31186-china-pork-market-update-challenges-of-2023-to-roll-into-2024-ahdb.md) | +0.0% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-21 | [Cattle Falls Out of the Long Weekend](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11325-cattle-falls-out-of-the-long-weekend.md) | +2.0% | +4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-05-01 | [FEEDSTUFFS MEAT PRICE OUTLOOK: May 01, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4611-feedstuffs-meat-price-outlook-may-01-2018.md) | -7.4% | -13.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-02 | [CattleFax Outlook: Cattle profitability remains for 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66628-cattlefax-outlook-cattle-profitability-remains-for-2018.md) | -0.5% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- szdaily.com: http://www.szdaily.com/content/2017-01/23/content_15155280.htm

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