African Swine Fever continues to sweep through much of Asian
and consumers are paying the price.
During a call with reporters earlier this week, Joel Haggard, the US Meat Export Federation’s senior vice president for the Asia-Pacific region says fresh pork prices in China have increased almost 80 percent since August. “It makes US pork still viable,” he says. “Even with the 72 percent duty. But we’re the supplier of last resort because of that duty.”
But, he says, the US is a supplier that could easily grow its market-share of that country.
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