Feed and meat market in China in the fourth week of September
Doris Zhang
Registration Specialist of imported pet food, feed & feed additives in China.GACC & MARA (MOA) required by the Chinese government.
According to China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the prices of pigs and corn fell in the fourth week of September, while beef and soybean meal rose, compound feed remained flat.
The average price of corn was 2.90 yuan/kg, down 0.7 % from the previous week and up 18.4% year-on-year. The average price of soybean meal was 3.87 yuan/kg, up 0.8% from the previous week and 17.6% year-on-year. The average prices of compound feed for finishing pigs, broiler chickens and laying hens were 3.63 yuan/kg, 3.66 yuan/kg and 3.38 yuan/kg, respectively, unchanged from the previous week, up 11.0%, 10.6% and 11.2% year-on-year respectively.
The average prices of live pigs and pork were 12.97 yuan/kg and 22.76 yuan/kg, down 3.6% and 2.1% from the previous week, and down 64.0% and 58.6% year on year respectively. The average price of beef was 85.56 yuan/kg, up 0.2% from the previous week and 0.7% year-on-year.
Registration Specialist of imported pet food, feed & feed additives in China.GACC & MARA (MOA) required by the Chinese government.
3 年Hi Robert.It's 22.76 yuan/kg. Best regards, Doris
Senior Pig Production Economist at Wageningen Economic Research
3 年HI Doris, thanks for your update again. You mention a price of pork of 2.76 yuan/kg. Is that really per kg, or per half kg of meat. Regards, Robert.