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In the first quarter, China produced 24.56 million tons of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry representing a 2.5% increase of year-on-year (+610,000 tons). The output of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry increased by 1.9%, 5.1%, 5.0%, and 3.2% respectively.
Pork production totaled 15.9 million tons, an increase of 1.9% (+290,000 tons). There were 198.99 million live pigs were slaughtered nationwide, an increase of 1.7% (+3.33 million head) year-on-year.
At the end of the first quarter, the live pig inventory stood at 430.94 million head, a year-on-year increase of 2.0% (+8.42 million head) but down 21.61 million head from the previous quarter. Included in this number were 43.05 million breeding sows, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 million head.
April 18, 2023/ Chinese Government and National Bureau of Statistics/ China.
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