The impact of African swine fever, which has led to the loss of hundreds of millions of pigs in China, has started to affect world food prices, which reached their highest point in more than two years in November.
Chinese domestic pork prices have rocketed as the country’s pig herd, normally about 450m strong, has more than halved. The country’s meat imports have leapt too, as Beijing has sought to fill the gap.
“China’s imports have increased across all meat products, including beef, pig and poultry,” said Upali Galketi Aratchilage, analyst at the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation.
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