The price of imported pork in Japan remains low
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Last Update: 2001-09-14
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Introduction: the Japanese government has raised the import tariff of pork since August, but the wholesale price in Japan shows no sign of rising Recently, the price of frozen pork made in Denmark, the main product in the Japanese market, was about 490 yen per kilogram (for large-scale users), while the price rose to about 725 yen when foot-and-mouth disease broke out in Europe in early April this year After the FMD problem subsided temporarily, the price of pork in the Japanese market has been falling, but it has basically stabilized in the past month Japan's pork prices have not risen in the three weeks since the tariff hike, largely due to increased inventories After the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe in April this year, Japanese businesses urgently imported a large number of pork from the United States and Canada as a backup According to industry sources, as of the end of June, Japan's total pork inventory reached 14056200 tons, an increase of 81.7% over the same period last year, and increased to about 170000 tons in July Industry insiders believe that due to Japan's domestic consumption downturn, the situation of pork surplus will take three to four months to be eased (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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