In the first half of the year, 365.87 million live pigs were sold across China, an increase of 28.45 million or 8.4% over the same period of the previous year. Pork production was 29.39 million tons, an increase of 2.24 million tons or 8.2%.
At the end of the second quarter, the national live pig inventory was 430.57 million, an increase of 8.04 million or 1.9% over the end of the first quarter. There were 42.77 million breeding sows, an increase of 0.92 million or 2.2% over the end of the first quarter.
July 15, 2022/ National Bureau of Statistics/ China.
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