Setback for China's producers may boost NZ meat exports
9 Mar, 2021 11:00 PM
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New Zealand sheep meat and beef producers are likely to see sustained demand from China for those proteins, an analyst says. Photo / 123RF
New Zealand sheep meat and beef producers are likely to see sustained demand from China for those proteins, an analyst says. Photo / 123RF
RNZ
By Maja Burry of RNZ.
A second wave of a serious pig disease in China is expected to slow the country's efforts to rebuild its national herd and help sustain demand for New Zealand red meat.
That outbreak led to scarcity of the meat and big price hikes, which in turn prompted a lift in imports of other proteins into China - including sheepmeat and beef from New Zealand.