China
China is Becoming an Important Import Market, but a Growing Competitor in Asian Markets
| Total Broiler Production | Total Broiler Consumption | Broiler Production | Broiler Imports | Broiler Exports | |||
| (million tons) | (million tons) | ||||||
| 1987 | 1.416 | 1.47 | 1997 | 2.65 | 0.728 | 0.35 | |
| 1.868 | 1.92 | 3.45 | 0.716 | 0.323 | |||
| 1.466 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 0.91 | 0.375 | |||
| 1.749 | 1.77 | 2000 | 5 | 0.991 | 0.464 | ||
| 2.06 | 2.03 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.471 | |||
| 2.343 | 2.31 | 5.35 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |||
| 2.729 | 2.65 | ||||||
| 3.596 | 3.45 | ||||||
| 4.727 | 4.4 | ||||||
| 5.267 | 5 | ||||||
| 3.028 | 2.65 | ||||||
| 3.843 | 3.45 | ||||||
| 4.926 | 4.4 | ||||||
| 5.527 | 5 | ||||||
| 5.629 | 5.2 | ||||||
| 2002(f) | 5.75 | 5.35 | |||||
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