China News Service, Beijing, February 5 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China on the 5th that during the Spring Festival, the overall supply of meat for residents' tables will be sufficient, and the price will be stable.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the consumption of meat in China has also increased, and the relevant departments have increased the guarantee of the supply of meat for the table.
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the number of live pigs slaughtered and slaughtered has increased significantly in recent months.
The slaughter volume of slaughter companies above designated size increased by 13.5% month-on-month in November 2020 and reached 26.7% month-on-month in December. The slaughter volume in November and December increased by more than 40% year-on-year.
In addition, from the perspective of the central reserve meat supply, a total of 670,000 tons of reserve meat will be released in 2020. 4 batches of 110,000 tons have been released in January this year, and will continue to be released in batches in February.
Wang Zuli, an associate researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and chief expert on the monitoring and early warning of the pig industry of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that from the perspective of the recovery of pig production capacity, the increase in pork production, and the release of frozen pork from the central reserve, the supply of pork during the Spring Festival is relatively high. Adequate, the overall downward trend of pig prices is obvious.
In terms of prices, the price of live pigs in China has continued to fall since the beginning of January this year, from about 36.7 yuan (RMB, the same below) per kilogram to about 32 yuan at present. The price of pork has also begun to fall, and the wholesale price has dropped from the highest point in January. The kilogram 47.64 yuan fell to 45.30 yuan on February 4.
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened an expert consultation. It is estimated that the number of live pigs from January to February this year will increase by about 25% over the same period of the previous year. There is still room for the price of pork to fall in the later period.
In terms of other meat products, according to statistics, the production situation of poultry, cattle and sheep in 2020 will be very good, and the output will increase, and the market supply will be guaranteed during the Spring Festival.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, according to the law of previous years, the production of broilers, cattle and sheep will be concentrated before the Spring Festival, market supply and consumption growth will be synchronized, and the price will be stable. The price of eggs has been affected by the recent new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control. , Has begun to fall recently.
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