Research Report on Chinas Hog Production and Pork Market, 2012-2013

China is widely recognized as a big hog producer. In 2012, hog stock reached 462.94 million, including 50.68 million sows. China hog fattening volume amounted to 696.28 million, ranking the first in the world, with almost half of the global hog fattening volume. In 2012, the rate of hog fattening volume was 150%. On average, the annual fattening volume of each sow is 13.7.  At present, rural scatter breeding and small hog farms are the major means of hog production in China. With low productivity, China is only a big hog production country, instead of a strong or developed hog production country. The general trend of China hog industry is towards large scale. Currently, there are more than 2,500 hog farms with the sow stock being 500 whose average annual hog fattening volume being over 10,000. They account for more than 10% of the total hog fattening volume in China.  With the rapid development of China economy and hog industry, the proportion of largescale hog farms

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