DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Pork Production in China, Japan and South Korea

  • Oh, S.H. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) ;
  • Whitley, N.C. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University)
  • Received : 2011.05.26
  • Accepted : 2011.08.16
  • Published : 2011.11.01

Abstract

Global pork markets are becoming more competitive, riding the wind of the bilateral free trade agreement. China is the world's largest pork producer with nearly 50% of the world's total production. China's fast growing economy has provided its people with higher purchasing power, resulting in a rapid expansion of the Chinese swine industry over the past decades. Worldwide, China consumes the greatest amount of pork and it is believed that this trend will continue. Japan is the world's largest pork importing country, even though it also produces a lot of pork. The Japanese swine industry encounters weighty obstacles in production costs and environmental limitations which result in reduced domestic supply and creates the situation in which Japan has to import a significant amount of pork for their consumption. South Korea is also a large buyer of pork, with a status greatly influenced by the struggle that the country has faced with Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) which occurred in 2000, 2002 and 2010. High production costs, low production efficiency, and forced culling following the FMD outbreak resulted in the loss of many hog farming households in the country, reducing supply of domestic pork in the face of continued demand. Overall, pork production in these economically important countries can greatly impact the industry globally. The goal of this review paper is to describe pork production in China, Japan, and South Korea and discuss these countries' role in global pork export markets.

Keywords

References

  1. China's Pork Industry: Recent Trends and Implications for World Meat Trade and Grains Trade. 2008. Informa Economics.
  2. Hoshino, T. 2006. Research report of commodity export industries in Latin America. Aisa Economy Institute.
  3. http://www.kmta.or.kr. Korea Meat Trade Association . 2010
  4. http://www.koreapork.or.kr. Korea Swine Association. 2010
  5. International food supply and demand report. 2009. Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
  6. Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade. 2009. USDA
  7. Livestock statistics. 2011. Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  8. PIC. 2006. PIC worldwide survey. PIC company.
  9. Quick Facts: The Pork Industry at a Glance. 2009. Pork Checkoff.
  10. Swine production report. 2009. Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Cited by

  1. Effects of dietary lysine/protein ratio and fat levels on growth performance and meat quality of finishing pigs vol.85, pp.4, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12150
  2. Establishment of reference conditions for nutrients in an intensive agricultural watershed, Eastern China vol.21, pp.4, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2166-z
  3. Characteristics of pork belly consumption in South Korea and their health implication vol.57, pp.1, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40781-015-0057-1
  4. Genome plasticity of triple-reassortant H1N1 influenza A virus during infection of vaccinated pigs vol.96, pp.10, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000258
  5. Isolates in Pigs and Pig Farmers in Korea pp.1556-7125, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2018.2509
  6. Quality Attributes of Functional, Fiber-Enriched Pork Loaves vol.5, pp.4, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-016-0224-8
  7. Development of Models for Fermented Mixed Feed Production for Swine vol.44, pp.3, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42853-019-00026-w
  8. Determinants of Exports in China’s Meat Industry: A Gravity Model Analysis vol.55, pp.11, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496x.2019.1578647
  9. Compositional and Functional Characteristics of Swine Slurry Microbes through 16S rRNA Metagenomic Sequencing Approach vol.10, pp.8, 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081372