According to the latest data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, during the first trimester of 2018, the production of pork, beef, lamb and fowl reached 23.16 million tonnes, this entailing a year-on-year growth by 1.8%.
In particular, pork production reached 15.43 million tonnes: an increase by 2.1%, whilst the pig census reached 415.23 million heads: a year-to-year drop by 1.2%; and the number of slaughtered pigs was 199.83 million: a year-to-year growth by 1.9%.
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018/ National Bureau of Statistics of China/ China.
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