African swine fever has now spread to all parts of China, posing threat to pork industry

African swine fever, which is deadly to pigs but not harmful to humans, has now spread to all Chinese mainland provinces since the first case was confirmed in August, posing a serious threat to the hog industry and raising concerns about consumer inflation.

China raises about half the world’s pigs, and the spread of African swine fever is causing huge disruption to the supply of pork in the country. The average wholesale hog price increased 6.3 per cent in March from the previous month, and it was up 7.6 per cent from a year ago, according to ministry data on 400 counties across China.

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