China Pork Import Demand Contracts as Domestic Herd Recovery Reaches Stability
The Structural Condition China’s domestic pork sector has completed its recovery from the African Swine Fever outbreak that began in 2018 and eliminated roughly 40% of the country’s sow inventory. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Beijing post, in its Livestock and Products Annual (CH2025-0165, September 2025), forecasts Chinese pork production at approximately 59.5 million…