Vietnam lowers U.S. tariffs on pork, corn, wheat

Vietnam, which imports a lot of animal feed ingredients from the US, is also promoting animal feed exports to this market.

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has pushed up prices of many feed ingredients and therefore the price of pig feed has increased greatly.

Record pork exports to other key markets offset the decline in China.

Over 230,000 pigs have been sacrificed this year due to African swine fever outbreaks in Vietnam.

The grants will allow slaughter and processing facilities to expand capacity and efficiency.

A trial will allow participating swine slaughter establishments to operate at an increased line speed.

NAMI says the labor shortage continues to challenge the U.S. food supply chain, raising the cost of all food for consumers.

Here's how Vietnam's pig inventory, pork production, and pork imports are looking so far this year.

The arrangement allows for the safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones in Canada in the event of an ASF outbreak.

This year ASF cases have already surpassed the total for 2020. Even so, the pig industry is expected to see growth.

Pork was the main driver of this amount with the volume of pork shipments increasing 2.5 fold.

In the first trimester of 2021, 22,000 tons of pork were shipped. This amounted to 43% of all imports of pork in the country.