China News Service, March 15 "From the perspective of future expectations, with the gradual recovery of live pig production, pork prices are expected to continue to fall." Liu Aihua, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the Comprehensive Statistics Department of the National Economy, said on the 15th.
Data map: Consumers are buying pork in the supermarket.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yun
On the 15th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the performance of the national economy from January to February 2021.
At the meeting, a reporter asked a question that pork prices have fallen for five consecutive weeks since mid-to-late January. Can you predict the country’s slaughter and pork supply in the first quarter?
How about our pork supply situation in the future?
In this regard, Liu Aihua pointed out that the pork price in February fell year-on-year and month-on-month, down 14.9% year-on-year, and the rate of decline was 11 percentage points larger than the previous month. From a month-on-month perspective, pork prices fell by 3.1% and rose by 5.6% last month. %.
From the data, we can see that since last year, a series of measures to support pig production in various places are gradually showing results.
"From the data of the major pig production counties monitored by our bureau, the production and stock of pigs are in the process of continuous recovery. From the perspective of future expectations, with the gradual recovery of pig production, pork prices are expected to continue to fall."