date:Jul 17, 2014
ght 1.24 million metric tonnes of pork last year, representing 18 per cent of global purchases, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The US is the biggest exporter, at 2.29 million tonnes in 2013.
Pork imports by Japan in the first five months of this year gained 7.7 per cent to 331,203 tonnes from a year earlier, according to data from its agriculture ministry. Japanese demand is shifting to imported meat because of the outbreak, said Makiko Tsugata, an analyst at Market Risk Advisor