Meat Morning Briefing
03International

Edition 030 · 24 September 2026 · ≈ 60 sec.

In a full pork market, value depends on the saleable whole carcass

AHDB’s reflections from the World Pork Conference in Qingdao describe a globally well-supplied pork market with intense competition. China has reached production scale and is now placing quality and efficiency at the centre of its strategy, including for international markets. At the same time, competitively priced South American pork is flowing into Asia, while EU supply remains plentiful.