General situation of pig production and consumption

Introduction: China's pig industry has a long history As early as 10000 years ago, China began to raise domestic pigs At present, there are more than 300 pig breeds in the world, among which China's pig breeds account for about 126 Among them, there are 48 local breeds, 12 cultivated breeds and 6 imported breeds China's pigs have many excellent characteristics, such as high fecundity, delicious meat quality, strong resistance to disease and rough feeding At present, China's pig stock and pork production are close to half of the world's, which has a significant impact on the world's pork production and consumption In recent years, pork production in China has made great progress According to the statistics of FAO, in 1990, the number of live pigs in China accounted for 42.3% of the total number of pigs in the world, the number of pigs in the world accounted for 33.6%, and the output of pork accounted for 32.6% of the total output of the world In 1996, there were 457 million pigs on hand in China, and the export rate was 122% The output of pork reached 40.37 million tons, accounting for 67.51% of the total output of meat The average carcass weight of the head was 78 kg, and the average weight of pork per capita was 32.93 kg, reaching or exceeding the world average At the end of 1997, there were 388.965 million pigs on hand, accounting for 41.52% of the world's total There were 450.772 million pigs slaughtered in the whole year, accounting for 39.32% of the world's total The pork output was about 34.643 million tons, accounting for 39.39% of the world's pork output (68.8% of Asia's total) Compared with 1996, the scale and output of pig raising in China decreased in 1997 In 1998, 42.2556 million pigs were on hand at the end of the year, accounting for 44.3% of the world's total; 50.215 million pigs were on hand, accounting for 46.2% of the world's total; the output of pork reached 38.84 million tons (67.8% of the world's total output), accounting for 46.1% of the world's total output, 16.6% and 2.0%, 62.0% and 12.6% and 70.3% and 13.5% respectively China is the largest pork producer in the world Chinese pork production is becoming more and more important in the world China is not only a big producer of pork (pig) in the world, but also a big consumer of pork The vast majority (about 98%) of pork production in China is used for residents' consumption The consumption of pork in China mainly consists of two parts: the consumption of urban residents and the consumption of rural residents The calculation of pork consumption of urban residents shows that: on the one hand, from 1990 to 1998, the proportion of pork consumption in China's production has gradually increased; on the other hand, the per capita consumption level of urban residents is much higher than that of rural residents, and the increase of pork consumption in production mainly comes from the increase of per capita consumption of urban residents However, this is not commensurate with China's pork export volume is only a small part Since the 1990s, the total export volume of pork in China has basically remained between 350000-500000 tons, but the proportion of export volume to output has gradually decreased In 1990, China's pork export accounted for 2.1% of the total domestic production In 1998, the proportion dropped to less than 1% (0.9%), down 1.2 percentage points At the same time, the import of pork basically increased from 1990 to 1998, especially in 1998, the import and export increased sharply, reaching 27200 tons, while the import of pork in other years in China never Not more than 10000 tons On the whole, China's pork export is far greater than the import, with a strong export trend From the perspective of the export structure of pork in China, the export volume of live pig is the largest, accounting for about 50% of the total export volume; the next is fresh, cold and frozen pork, accounting for about 30% of the total export volume; the third is pork products, accounting for about 20% of the total export volume; the export volume of pig offal is very small From the perspective of the import structure of pork in China, fresh, cold and frozen pork and pig offal are the main imported products According to China Agricultural Yearbook, in 1997, China exported 2.2815 million live pigs, accounting for 17.54% of the world's total exports In the same year, 2101 live pigs were imported, accounting for only 0.018% of the world's total imports.