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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (7): 163-171.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2012100

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Production and international trade analysis of animal products in China

ZHANG Zhong-Li, YU Ying-Wen, FU Qiang-Guo, SUN Yi, HOU Fu-Jiang*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China
  • Received:2013-09-26 Online:2015-07-20 Published:2015-07-20

Abstract: A systematic analysis on the production and international trade of the major animal products in China and the world and of the non-traditional animal products in China showed an increasing trend in the past 20 years as shown by the network database information of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) from 1990 to 2009. During this time, world meat production and that from China increased from 17.99 ten million tons and 30 to 78 million tons and from 17.99 to 28.39 ten million tons respectively with the proportion from China increasing from 16.9% to 27.5%. World egg production increased by 3.52 ten million tons to 6.28 ten million tons, with the proportion from China increasing from 18.61% to 37.61%; In the past 20 years, China’s milk production increased by 8 times, the wool production of the world fell from 3.35 million tons to 2.04 million tons, and the wool production of China increased from 23.94 ten thousand tons to 36.40 ten thousand tons. The net trade deficit of beef increased from 478 tons to 1694 tons. The trade deficit quantity and the trade deficit value of sheep and goat meat in 2009 were 76.5 thousand tons worth 156.6 million dollars, compared to 1990 these are increases of 745.6% and 1102% respectively. In addition in the years 2000 and 2006-2008, the quantity and value of Chinese pork import and export were in surplus; Chinese poultry imports were far more than the exports; the trade value from 1990 to 2006 was in surplus, but from 2007 to 2009 it was in deficit. The egg export quantity from 2000 to 2009 continued to increase to 134.7 thousand tons, and the egg import quantity in 2009 was 268 tons; The milk trade of China from 1990 to 2009 was in surplus, its import quantity and value in 2009 increased to 14.6 thousand tons and 11.8 million dollars, increasing by 80.9% and 64.05% respectively compared with 2008. The wool trade of China from 1990 to 2009 was in deficit, with the deficit quantity and value increasing from 35.2 thousand tons and 127.4 million dollars to 269.2 thousand tons and to 136.8 million dollars. Animal production was closely related to that of forage. Due to animal diseases, drug residues, and animal welfare issues, the animal products trade of China is not dominant in the world. We need to improve production standards through feed production, aquaculture production, meat processing, circulation and other aspects, in order to promote animal products economic development.