Japanese pork market is getting warmer

Introduction: meat products on the Japanese market mainly include beef, pork and chicken The effect of BSE on beef is still difficult to eliminate, and the production and sales are still not improving However, as a substitute for beef consumption, pork market is more active due to the change of demand With Japanese demand rising in the summer, prices are showing signs of warming On June 3, in the meat market of the central wholesale market of Tokyo Metropolitan Japan, the weighted average price of high-end split pork reached 587 yen per kilogram, which was 4% (or 23 yen) lower than last weekend, but 9% higher than that in the first ten days of May, and 2.5% higher than that in the middle of May Japan has a long history of pork consumption Compared with beef, it is relatively easier to accept pork Especially after consumers choose pork as the substitute meat food of beef, their consumption habits and understanding have been more popular As a result, the operation of pork in the Japanese meat market is active, and the popularity of trading begins to recover Preliminary survey results show that the current pork sales have increased by 10% to 20% compared with the year-round In addition, due to the hot summer in Japan, pork is considered to be one of the nutrition sources for replenishing the necessary energy of the body, so the prosperity of pork market will last for some time Some wholesalers believe that Japan's overall economic recovery is still slow and personal consumption is at a low level It still needs to be seen how long the rise of pork market can last.