# Korea Pork Producers Warn of Significant Damage from CPTPP Accession Without Protective Measures

> The Korea Pork Producers Association chairman warned that South Korea’s pork industry could be significantly harmed if the country joins the CPTPP without protective measures. He said imported beef could pose a greater threat to domestic pork demand than imported pork, and called for stronger food-security and disease-control protections alongside reforms to raise pork self-sufficiency from about 70% to at least 75%.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-11T12:08:42.149Z
- Category: trade · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93400-korea-pork-producers-warn-of-significant-damage-from-cptpp-accession-without
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

CPTPP accession could increase competitive import pressure, including from beef that substitutes for pork, weighing on domestic pork demand and prices. The impact is conditional on accession and its terms.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-17 | [Trade war leaves U.S. with mountain of cheap pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5212-trade-war-leaves-u-s-with-mountain-of-cheap-pork.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-13 | [U.S. agriculture wary of Trump's China sales pledge, more meat a must](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55444-u-s-agriculture-wary-of-trump-s-china-sales-pledge-more-meat-a-must.md) | +9.0% | +3.6% |
| HOGS | 2017-09-25 | [Pork demand being challenged by record large production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69095-pork-demand-being-challenged-by-record-large-production.md) | -3.1% | +11.1% |
| HOGS | 2017-01-30 | [Hog markets shift attention from hog supply to pork demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73126-hog-markets-shift-attention-from-hog-supply-to-pork-demand.md) | +3.9% | +6.1% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLSH9nZu6MxxKFhKCzShpxzz

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