The export situation of China's livestock products is not optimistic this year

Introduction: with the internationalization and integration of the world economy, China's agricultural trade is more and more integrated into the sequence of international competition In the first three quarters of this year, China's import and export trade of agricultural products continued to maintain stable development, with a total import and export volume of US $21.36 billion, an increase of 6.3% year on year Foreign agricultural products have not yet formed an impact on the domestic market In this context, China's total import and export of livestock products continued to grow From January to September, the total trade volume of livestock products was 3.58 billion US dollars, up 1% year-on-year; among them, the export was 2.05 billion US dollars, down 3.5% year-on-year; the import was 1.53 billion US dollars, up 7.6% year-on-year; the trade surplus of livestock products was 520 million US dollars, down 180 million US dollars year-on-year The proportion of total import and export of livestock products in total import and export of agricultural products decreased from 17.1% at the beginning of the year to 16.8% in September, down 0.3 percentage points, and the situation of livestock products export is not optimistic (1) compared with the same period of last year, China's export of livestock products has gone out of the bottom valley of decline The export volume of livestock products has been declining since February this year, with the largest decline of 20.7% in March From February to September, the total export volume of livestock products reached 1.82 billion US dollars, down 5.7% year-on-year However, the month on month trend is picking up On a quarterly basis, exports in the first quarter reached 630 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 7.7%; exports in the second quarter reached 700 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 9.2%; exports in the third quarter reached 720 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.4% The export situation of livestock products has improved and has come out of the bottom (2) the export of processed poultry, pork, dairy products, egg products and mutton continued to grow 1 The export of processed poultry increased The trade surplus of poultry is an important export of livestock products in China, accounting for more than one third of the export of livestock products From January to September this year, China's poultry exports totaled $690 million, down 2.7% year on year Among them, the export volume of processed poultry was 114000 tons, an increase of 31.1% year on year; the export volume was 340 million US dollars, an increase of 27.8%, and the trade surplus was 340 million US dollars 2 With the increase of pork export, pig products are the second largest export of livestock products in China, accounting for more than 20% of the total export of livestock products From January to September, China's pig product export reached 420 million US dollars, up 21.5% year on year Among them, the cumulative export of pork is 171000 tons, up 53.6% year on year; the export volume is 250 million US dollars, up 49.5% year on year; the cumulative net export is 150 million US dollars, up 60 million US dollars year on year 3 The export volume of dairy products and fresh eggs has increased significantly Dairy products and fresh eggs are another major export livestock products in China, and the export volume accounts for more than 30% of the total export volume of livestock products From January to September, the total export of dairy products was 39000 tons, up 19.6% year-on-year; the export volume was US $30903600, up 38.14% year-on-year It is worth noting that since this year, dairy imports have increased by a large margin From January to September, imports totaled 192000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 34.6%; imports reached US $200 million, a year-on-year increase of 23.1%; dairy trade deficit reached US $150 million, a year-on-year increase of US $200 million The cumulative export of egg products reached US $290 million, up 14.4% year on year Among them, 718000 fresh eggs (including eggs, duck eggs, etc.) were exported, up 65.2% year on year; 190000 processed eggs (including preserved eggs, salted eggs, etc.) were exported, up 9% year on year 4 Mutton exports increased by a large margin from January to September, and China's mutton exports totaled US $1.794 million, up 51.5% year on year (3) the export of beef, natural bee, royal jelly, poultry, offal, feather and other most animal products decreased 1 The export of beef dropped significantly from January to September The cumulative export of China's beef products reached US $90 million, a year-on-year decrease of 27.7% Among them, the export of beef (including beef offal) was 19000 tons, down 33.1%; the import of beef was 38000 tons, up 69.3%; the export value was 300 million US dollars, down 37.7% year-on-year, and the trade surplus was 827000 US dollars, significantly reduced 2 The export of natural honey and royal jelly decreased by a large margin The cumulative export of natural honey and royal jelly from January to September was US $600 million, down 24.5% year on year Among them, the export of natural honey reached US $500 million, down 28%, with a trade surplus 3 From January to September, the export of poultry meat and offal decreased by 225 thousand tons, a year-on-year decrease of 17.7%; the export value was US $290 million, a decrease of 24.4% 4 The export of live pigs decreased by 1.448 million, down 7.5% year-on-year; the export value was US $170 million, down 5.2% year-on-year 5 The export of other animal products decreased by US $100 million, down 76.7% year on year; the export of wool, cashmere and other animal hair decreased by 10.9% to US $100 million, and the export of feather decreased by 5.4% to US $200 million (4) the export of livestock products continued to grow in the four major production areas of Shandong, Liaoning, Henan and Hunan Among the top 10 provinces (cities) whose export dropped in most other regions, the export of livestock products in the four major production areas increased, while the export of other provinces (cities) declined to varying degrees The export volume of livestock products in Shandong, Liaoning, Henan and Hunan provinces was 480 million US dollars, 130 million US dollars, 80 million US dollars and 70 million US dollars respectively, up 2.3%, 13.7%, 23.2% and 14.6% year on year Most of the production areas decreased, including 8.8% in Guangdong, 2.1% in Zhejiang, 1.6% in Jiangsu, 2.3% in Shanghai, 27% in Sichuan and 18.4% in Beijing The total export value of these 10 provinces (cities) is 1.64 billion US dollars, accounting for 80% of the total export value of China's livestock products In addition, the export of livestock products in Chongqing from January to September was US $500 million, a three fold increase over the same period last year (5) China's share of the export market of livestock products has changed a lot Its export to Europe has declined substantially, and its export to North America has increased Europe is the second largest export market of animal products in China Influenced by the EU's ban on the import of Chinese animal derived food, China's export of animal products to Europe in January September amounted to 330 million US dollars, down 15.6% year on year Among them, exports to the EU reached 180 million US dollars, down 36.8%, accounting for 8.7% of China's export market of livestock products, down 4.6 percentage points Among them, the export volume of Germany, South Korea, Italy, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom dropped significantly, down 25.1%, 14%, 34.6%, 58.7%, 14.2% and 25% respectively, accounting for 11.3% of China's export market of livestock products, down 4.7 percentage points year on year In addition, exports to North America reached 160 million US dollars, up 7.9%, accounting for 7.8% of China's export market of livestock products, up 0.8 percentage points Exports to the United States, Iraq, the Philippines, North Korea and other Asian countries increased significantly The export to Asia basically remained at the level of US $1.54 billion, basically stable; however, the export to Japan and Hong Kong declined slightly, with Japan down 1.7% and Hong Kong down 0.3%, mainly beef, poultry and feathers.