China: Poultry and Products Semi-annual
China is the world’s second largest poultry market. However, poultry exports from the United States were banned in January, 2015, due to high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks. Brazil is the top beneficiary from the absence of U.S. suppliers. Post revises the 2016 broiler meat import forecast upward to 400,000 tons, an increase of 140,000 tons compared to the USDA’s 2016 official figure. Post revises China’s 2016 broiler meat consumption forecast to 12.7 million tons, slightly lower than previous USDA estimates based on softening demand for white-feathered broiler meat.
