China: They will SELL or BUY?(decline in poultry and pork net exports)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and ResourceIssues | Date: September 22, 2000| Author: Ehui, Simeon; Hertel, Thomas; Nin, Alejandro; Rae, Allan | Copyright information

Poultry and pork productivity is growing by leaps and bounds. If demand slides, they could become a fierce competitor.

China's future role in international agricultural trade continues to be a puzzle. Part of this puzzle, namely that related to grains, has received far more attention than has livestock trade, which has been relatively neglected. China is a net exporter of livestock products, although over the last two decades imports have been increasing faster than expo...

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