Analysis of Prospect of Pork Consumption in China

By CnAgri2012-07-18 15:27:36 Print

Along with the improvement of the national economy and people’s living standard, per capita meat consumption rose from 49.9 KG in 2000 to 56.5 KG in 2010, with an average growth rate of 1.25%.Of all the meat, consumption of pork rose from 33 KG in 2000 to 36 KG in 2010, with an average growth rate of 0.87%. The shortage of beef & mutton supply and the rise of the prices since 2006 casued the decrease of beef & mutton, while the poultry meat consumption rose from 10 KG in 2000 to 13.4 KG in 2010 with an average growth of 3.44 %.

The constant growth of meat consumption indicates the following trend of consumption:

1. The proportion of grain and vegetable consumption of Chinese residents is declining while the proportion of livestock and aquatic products is rising. In 2000, the average livestock consumption per household accounted for 8% of the average grain consumption per household; in 2010, such proportion rised to 12%; in 2015, its proportion shall rise to 14%.

2. The proportion of pork consumption falls continually to account for a lower proportion, whereas the proportion of poultry meat is on the rise. Although meat consumption in China is mainly pork, with a small proportion of poultry meat, eggs and beef/mutton, yet the proportion of pork consumption in the total fell from 64% in 2000 to 49% in 2010, whereas the proportion of poultry meat consumption in the total rose from 9.5% in 2000 to 21.86% in 2010. Till 2015, the proportion of pork in the livestock consumption shall fall to 46%. However, the average per capita consumption of pork at home will be more than 19 KG, while the average per capita consumption of pork at home was only 14.5 KG.