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Vietnam imported more than 141,000 tonnes of pork worth 334.4 million USD in 2020, representing a rise of 382% in volume and a 500% rise in value over the previous year, customs statistics showed. The increase in imports was to make up for the shortage in pork supply caused by African swine fever which pushed up domestic prices in the first months of 2020.
The pork was mainly imported from Brazil, Russia, Poland, the US, and Canada. Brazil was the largest exporter of pork to Vietnam last year, accounting for 24.5% of the import volume.
The average pork import price was 2.2 USD per kilo.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam approved more than 800 enterprises from 19 countries allowed to export pork to Vietnam.
Vietnam imported more than 43,300 pigs for breeding, mainly from Thailand, Canada, the US, Denmark and Taiwan (China).
Now Vietnam has 27.3 million pigs, an increase of 21% over a year ago and equivalent to 88.7% of the time before the disease occurred.
February 9, 2021/ Vietnam Plus/ Vietnam.
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