Hong Kong Seeks to Import Live Pigs From US, USDA Says
USDA is seeing “rising” opportunities for U.S. exporters of breeding pigs to Hong Kong, the agency's Foreign Agricultural Service said in a Feb. 14 report. Due to many recent global cases of African swine fever, Hong Kong farms are increasingly…
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searching for “good breeding pigs” to better compete with mainland China, USDA said. The agency said the farms have “confidence and high regard in U.S. breeding stock’s animal health, growth rate, and meat quality” but see transportation costs as a drawback. USDA also said Hong Kong farmers “tend to be very traditional” and generally prefer not to change suppliers once “they start a business relationship and the supplies are found to be satisfactory.”