Vietnam imported over 13,800 tonnes of pork in January-February, a year-on-year rise of 150 percent. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam imported over13,800 tonnes of pork in the first two months of 2020, a year-on-year rise of150 percent.
Most imports were from Canada (33.06 percent),Germany (25.4 percent), Brazil (16.10 percent), Poland (15.81 percent), and theUS (7.78 percent).
In the period, Vietnam imported more than 12,450tonnes of beef and 12,930 tonnes of buffalo meat.
All buffalo meat came from India, while beef wasimported mainly from the US, Australia, and Canada.
Vietnam purchased over 26,650 tonnes of poultrymeat from abroad in the first two months, mainly from the US, the Republic ofKorea and Brazil.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development, by the beginning of March 2020, Vietnam had about 24 millionpigs, 77 percent of the total pigs before the African swine fever.
The number of pigs in the country is expected toincrease further from April, which helps ensure sufficient pork supply fordomestic demand./.
VNA
